updates on smartphone addiction research. Aggregate studies and expert commentaries published in the last year. Tracks scientific consensus shifts.
Smartphone addiction research updates: August 2025 to August 2026
A curated set of six recent academic studies, reviews, and expert commentary on problematic smartphone use, health outcomes, and the question of whether “smartphone addiction” is a distinct disorder. The sources suggest an active debate, but they do not establish a formal shift in scientific consensus.
Peer-reviewed studies and health outcomes
Recent empirical research examining problematic smartphone use and associated sleep or student-health outcomes.
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doi.org29-Aug-2025Systematic and scoping reviews
Recent evidence syntheses covering youth health and university-student prevalence, correlates, and impacts. Treat search-result-only details as discovery leads and consult the linked records for full methods and limitations.
nih.gov30-Sep-2025nih.gov1-Jan-2026doi.org1-Jan-2026Expert commentary and conceptual debate
Expert and institutional commentary relevant to terminology, diagnostic framing, and whether smartphone addiction should be treated as a distinct disorder or as problematic use shaped by context and underlying behaviors.
Related intervention evidence
A recent systematic review and network meta-analysis examining approaches intended to reduce mobile-phone addiction, included as a secondary lead for tracking research direction.
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