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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Nature Exposure and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese High School Students: The Mediating Roles of Anxiety and Self-Control.

Li Wu, Ting Han, Gengfeng Niu, Xiaxia Xu

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Li WuSchool of International Equestrianism, Wuhan Business University, Wuhan 430056, China.
Ting HanKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China.
Gengfeng NiuKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3312-5200
Xiaxia XuKey Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China.

Funding

the 2025 Research Startup Fund for Newly Recruited Staff of Wuhan Business University ZXQD218the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities CCNU26ZZ011the Project of Humanities and Social Sciences 22FHSB016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has become an increasingly important public health concern among adolescents, yet the potential protective role of restorative environmental experiences (nature exposure) remains insufficiently understood. Under the perspective of Stress Reduction Theory (SRT) and Attention Restoration Theory (ART), this cross-sectional study examined the association between nature exposure and adolescent PSU, with anxiety and self-control tested as potential mediators. The sample comprised 700 high school students recruited from several high schools in Qinghai Province, China (52.00% female;

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adolescentsanxietynature exposureproblematic smartphone useself-control

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PMCPMC13295282

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