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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026

Screen time, smartphone addiction, and executive-motor function in Tunisian middle school students.

Mohamed Yaakoubi, Ahmed Ghorbel, Hiba Abdelkafi, Mohammed Issa Alsaeed, Mustapha Bouchiba, Liwa Masmoudi, Noureddine Ben Said, Alexander Woll, Swantje Scharenberg, Mohamed Moncef Kammoun and 2 more

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Mohamed YaakoubiResearch Unit, Physical Activity, Sport and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia.
Ahmed GhorbelResearch Unit, Physical Activity, Sport and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia.
Hiba AbdelkafiDepartment of Education Sciences, The High Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Mahdia, University of Monastir, Mahdia, Tunisia.
Mohammed Issa AlsaeedDepartment of Biomechanics & Motor Behavior, College of Sport Science & Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mustapha BouchibaLaboratoire Hypoxie & Poumon, UMR INSERM U1272, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France.
Liwa MasmoudiThe High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Noureddine Ben SaidDepartment of Biomechanics & Motor Behavior, College of Sport Science & Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alexander WollInstitute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Swantje ScharenbergInstitute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Mohamed Moncef KammounThe High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Omar TrabelsiResearch Unit, Physical Activity, Sport and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia.
Adnene GharbiResearch Unit, Physical Activity, Sport and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia.

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Abstract

This study advances beyond general screen time metrics by investigating the specific associations between smartphone addiction and objectively measuring daily screen time and core neurocognitive and graphomotor functions in adolescents. In a cross-sectional study involving 270 Tunisian middle school students (mean age = 14.8 ± 0.5 years; 54% male and 46% female students) recruited from three public middle schools in the region of Sfax, Tunisia, during routine school health assessments (December 2023-March 2024), participants were classified as smartphone-addicted (

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adolescenceattentionexecutive functionfine motor skillshandwritingsmartphone usageTunisia

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