Effects of Psychological or Exercise Interventions on Problematic Mobile Phone Use: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Zhang, Kexin; Lu, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Xueqing; Zhang, Jianghui; Ren, Juan; Guo, Haiyun; Zhu, Zhihui; Yang, Huayu; Yuan, Guojing; Jin, Guifang; Du, Jun; Shi, Haiyan; Hao, Jiahu; Sun, Ying; Su, Puyu; Yang, Linsheng; Zhang, Zhihua

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“…The current findings may have implications for the mechanisms in studies linking exercise intervention to reduced PSU. 45 , 46 …”

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Sports and exercise‐related smartphone use is antagonistic to hedonic use in regular exercisers: A cross‐sectional study examining the roles of exercise frequency and duration

Pirwani,

Szabo

2024

Health Science Reports

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BackgroundHedonic smartphone use has been associated with dependence and addiction studied under the umbrella term Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU). Research usually explores total screen time as an index of PSU. A few studies suggest that exercise is inversely related to smartphone use time. However, it is unknown which primary characteristics of exercise behavior are related to more moderate smarthone use. Furthermore, the purpose of smartphone use, such as hedonic use associated with PSU versus utilitarian use, was not tested in the sports and exercise contexts. Hedonic use generally means playing with the smartphone for joy, distraction, and satisfaction. Utilitarian use implies practical and valuable use. There is a conjecture that sports involvement may foster utilitarian use through increased involvement in sports‐related information‐seeking, goal‐setting, and self‐monitoring.MethodsTherefore, we examined whether weekly exercise frequency, workout duration, and perceived exercise intensity relate to total daily smarthone and hedonic use and whether this relationship is mediated by sports‐related utilitarian device use. We tested regularly exercising adults (n = 360, 132 males, Mage = 39.0 ± 9.8, Mweekly exercise = 5.8 ± 1.9) who volunteered for this study and provided demographic information about their exercise habits and smartphone use.ResultsThe results revealed that all exercise parameters mediated the total daily smartphone use, with perceived exercise intensity being a negative predictor. Further, exercise frequency and duration (but not intensity) positively predicted sports‐related smartphone use, which inversely predicted hedonic use.ConclusionThese results suggest that exercise parameters directly relate to daily smartphone use, which completely mediates hedonic use. These findings may partially account for the frequently reported inverse relationship between regular exercise and PSU by suggesting that the connection is mediated via sports‐related smartphone use.

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“…The current findings may have implications for the mechanisms in studies linking exercise intervention to reduced PSU. 45 , 46 …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sports and exercise‐related smartphone use is antagonistic to hedonic use in regular exercisers: A cross‐sectional study examining the roles of exercise frequency and duration

Pirwani,

Szabo

2024

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“…It can also effectively reduce mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression ( LeBouthillier and Asmundson, 2017 ). To the best of our knowledge, there have been limited systematic reviews ( Liu et al, 2022 ; Xiao et al, 2022 ; Zhang et al, 2023 ) showing the association between exercise and mobile phone addiction, but the effect of exercise on reducing mobile phone addiction in adolescents requires further exploration. Our goal was to systematically assess the impact of exercise on reducing mobile phone addiction in adolescents through a meta-analysis, clarifying potential moderating effects and offering guidance for effective exercise participation.…”

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Exercise intervention to reduce mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Li,

Xia,

Sun

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundThe growing problem of adolescent mobile phone addiction has attracted significant attention, underscoring the importance of identifying approaches to address it. Exercise has been found to reduce adolescent mobile phone addiction; however, its mechanism remains unclear. This review aims to elucidate the potential moderating factors between exercise and mobile phone addiction based on previous studies to provide a reference for adolescents to effectively participate in exercise to reduce mobile phone addiction.MethodsArticles were searched in the CNKI, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases according to the inclusion criteria and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Assessment and Meta-analysis (PRISMA). The quality of the literature was assessed by two independent reviewers using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias tool for methodological quality assessment. Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15.1 software for Meta-analysis, standardized mean difference (SMD) was combined using a random effects model, and subgroup analysis was used to explore heterogeneity.ResultsA total of 12 studies, 17 samples, and 861 subjects were included in the meta-analysis, and all studies were randomized controlled trials. The findings revealed that the exercise intervention significantly reduced mobile phone addiction in adolescents (SMD = −3.11; 95% CI: −3.91, −2.30; p < 0.001). The intervention effect was moderated by multiple variables, such as the measurement tools, exercise intervention types, cycles, frequency, and duration of a single exercise intervention.ConclusionOur findings suggest that exercise could serve as an effective strategy for preventing or ameliorating mobile phone addiction in adolescents. Based on the results of this study, we encourage mobile phone-addicted adolescents to engage in a single exercise using a mix of skills for 30–60 min three or more times weekly for more than eight consecutive weeks.

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Alexithymia and problematic mobile phone use among college students with and without siblings: the role of loneliness and mindfulness

Liang,

Xiao,

Jiang

2024

Curr Psychol

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Effects of Psychological or Exercise Interventions on Problematic Mobile Phone Use: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Cited by 8 publications

References 59 publications

Sports and exercise‐related smartphone use is antagonistic to hedonic use in regular exercisers: A cross‐sectional study examining the roles of exercise frequency and duration

Sports and exercise‐related smartphone use is antagonistic to hedonic use in regular exercisers: A cross‐sectional study examining the roles of exercise frequency and duration

Exercise intervention to reduce mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Alexithymia and problematic mobile phone use among college students with and without siblings: the role of loneliness and mindfulness

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