The unique role of smartphone addiction and related factors among university students: a model based on cross-sectional and cross-lagged network analyses.

ABSTRACT: Smartphone addiction is a global problem affecting university students. Previous studies have explored smartphone addiction and related factors using latent variables. In contrast, this study examines the role of smartphone addiction and related factors among university students using a cross-sectional and cross-lagged panel network analysis model at the level of manifest variables. A questionnaire method was used to investigate smartphone addiction and related factors twice with nearly six-month intervals among 1564 first-year university students (M = 19.14, SD = 0.66). The study found that procrastination behavior, academic burnout, self-control, fear of missing out, social anxiety, and self-esteem directly influenced smartphone addiction. Additionally, smartphone addiction predicted the

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683260 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature