Research progress on the association between individual psychological factors and adolescent smartphone addiction

TANG Xiaoqing; LI Xiuhong

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025170

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TANG Xiaoqing, LI Xiuhong. Research progress on the association between individual psychological factors and adolescent smartphone addiction[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(7): 1055-1059. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025170

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TANG Xiaoqing, LI Xiuhong. Research progress on the association between individual psychological factors and adolescent smartphone addiction[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(7): 1055-1059. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025170

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Research progress on the association between individual psychological factors and adolescent smartphone addiction

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025170

TANG Xiaoqing,
LI Xiuhong^,

School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, Guangdong Province, China

Received Date: 2025-02-12
Rev Recd Date: 2025-04-19

Available Online: 2025-08-02

Publish Date: 2025-07-25

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Smartphone addiction adversely effects the physical and mental health of adolescents. Individual psychological factors serve as direct contributors to smartphone addiction in adolescents, and smartphone addiction also affects the individual mental well-being. Research suggests that psychological factors such as anxiety and depression, social anxiety and loneliness, self-control, sensation seeking, and mindfulness interact with adolescent smartphone addiction. The article reviews the research progress on the relationship between these individual psychological factors and adolescent smartphone addition, so as to provide a reference for understanding and addressing adolescent smartphone addiction from an individual psychological perspective.
- Mental health,
- Cellular phone,
- Behavior, addictive,
- Adolescent

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