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Smartphone use, gender, and adolescent mental health: Longitudinal evidence from South Korea.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mental Health Correlates of Problematic Smartphone Use Among Multicultural Adolescents: The Findings From a National Survey in South Korea.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Suicidal Ideation, Screen Time, and Online Harassment Among College Students: Gender Differences in a National Survey, United States, 2023-2024.American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Intersectional identity, risk behaviors, and adolescent mental health in South Korea: who suffers the most in the loneliness epidemic?Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Reciprocal associations between smartphone overdependence and anxiety in adolescents: evidence from a nationally representative survey in the Republic of Korea.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2026Article
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Mediate the Association Between Peer Attachment and Problematic Use of Smartphone.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Problematic smartphone use and risk behaviors in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Excessive Screen Time, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc · 2025Review
- Influencing factors and changing trends of depressive symptoms among middle and junior high school students in Eastern China from 2019 to 2023: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mobile phone addiction and negative emotions: an empirical study among adolescents in Jiangxi Province.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
•We use longitudinal data and FE-IV technique to identify causal effects of smartphone use on adolescent mental health.•We find that longer smartphone use causes increased depressive symptoms and higher suicidal ideation for girls, not for boys.•Social and active smartphone usage such as communicating with friends and family predicts lower depressive symptoms.•Personal history of depressive symptoms and the timing of puberty moderate the effect of SUT on depressive symptoms.•Addictive smartphone behavior is frequent among adolescents, and more prevalent among girls than boys.
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