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Smartphone use causes worse mental health in adolescents.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that smartphone use causes worse mental health in adolescents?
Unclear. Multiple cross-sectional and longitudinal studies and reviews report associations between heavier adolescent smartphone use and worse mental health indicators such as depression, anxiety and distress, but they are correlational and several explicitly note the absence of proof of causation. No retrieved item establishes that smartphone use causes worse mental health in adolescents at the strength the claim asserts.
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Evidence for · 10
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Problematic smartphone use. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problematic_smartphone_use
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Shang-Yu, Y., Chung-Ying, L., Yueh-Chu, H., & Jer-Hao, C. (2018). Gender Differences in the Association of Smartphone Use with the Vitality and Mental Health of Adolescent Students. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1454930
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Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190434
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Huang, S., Lai, X., Li, Y., Cui, Y., & Wang, Y. (2023). Beyond Screen Time: The Different Longitudinal Relations between Adolescents’ Smartphone Use Content and Their Mental Health. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050770
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Rika, S., Ahmad, W., & Minanda, P. Z. (2025). Smartphone addiction and adolescent mental health: a cross-sectional study in West Sumatra province. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v13i2.23318
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Frontiers | Excessive Smartphone Use Is Associated With Health Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults. (n.d.). frontiersin.org. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.669042/full
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qizi, Y. S. I. & qizi, A. M. S. (2026). WHY DO STUDENTS FEEL TIRED EVEN AFTER SLEEPING? PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES OF MENTAL FATIGUE IN ADOLESCENTS. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20330145
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Silmi, A. Z. & Lailiyah, S. (2024). LITERATURE REVIEW: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMARTPHONE USE AND INCIDENTS OF ANXIETY (NOMOPHOBIA) AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN INDONESIA. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.51602/cmhp.v7i1.171
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Jiing, C. S., Jiar, Y. K., & Lina, H. (2023). Types of smartphone usage and problematic smartphone use among adolescents: A review of literature. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v12i2.22909
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Bozzato, P. & Longobardi, C. (2024). School Climate and Connectedness Predict Problematic Smartphone and Social Media Use in Italian Adolescents. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683603.2024.2328833
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