Gender-Based Differences and Associated Factors Surrounding Excessive Smartphone Use Among Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive smartphone use is a new and debated phenomenon frequently mentioned in the context of behavioral addiction, showing both shared and distinct traits when compared to pathological gaming and gambling.

Objective

The aim of this study is to describe excessive smartphone use and associated factors among adolescents, focusing on comparisons between boys and girls.

Methods

This study was based on data collected through a large-scale public health survey distributed in 2016 to pupils in the 9th grade of primary school and those in the 2nd grade of secondary school. Bayesian binomial regression models, with weakly informative priors, were used to examine whether the frequency of associated factors differed between those who reported excessive smartphone us

SUBMITTER: Claesdotter-Knutsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature