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Smartphone and internet addiction

Guest Editors:
Chung-Ying Lin: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Amir H. Pakpour: Jönköping University, Sweden
Zubair Ahmed Ratan: University of Wollongong, Australia


BMC Psychiatry welcomed submissions to our Collection on Smartphone and Internet Addiction.

Mobile phones and internet use have become an important part of modern life, and for many of us, they have become essential tools. However, the excessive use of smartphones and the internet may have negative effects on our daily lives, such as affecting our relationships, work productivity, daily activities, and sleep quality. Moreover, some individuals may develop dependence on such technologies that can lead to withdrawal symptoms when not using them. While the concept of smartphone and internet addiction has not been officially confirmed, this collection aimed to explore the potential mental and physical health impacts of excessive smartphone and internet use, including symptoms of withdrawal and tolerance.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Chung-Ying Lin: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Dr Chung-Ying Lin is an associate professor and registered occupational therapist with expertise in psychometric testing, mental health, quality of life, and behavioral addiction. He has extensive international collaborations to investigate different types of behavioral addictions and to examine psychometric properties of instruments on behavioral addictions, such as gaming disorder, smartphone addiction, and problematic smartphone use. He has published over 200 journal articles and received the many international awards, including Clarivate highly cited researcher 2022, World’s Top 2% Scientists 2020 and 2021 single year scientific impacts, and the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Top Cited Paper Award.

Amir H. Pakpour: Jönköping University, Sweden
Dr Amir H. Pakpour is a professor and health psychologist who is interested in behavioral addiction, including excessive gaming, smartphone use, and internet addiction. He has published over 300 journal articles. 



 

Zubair Ahmed Ratan: University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr Zubair Ahmed Ratan is a renowned expert on digital addiction, with a particular focus on smartphone addiction. He has dedicated his career to understanding the impact of technology on individuals and society and has become a leading authority on the topic. His extensive experience in this field has given him a deep understanding of the impact of technology on our lives and how it can be effectively managed within healthcare settings. Over the course of his academic career, Dr Ratan has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed journals, including publications in prestigious journals like The Lancet and Lancet Infectious Disease.

About the collection

BMC Psychiatry welcomed submissions to our Collection on Smartphone and Internet Addiction.

Mobile phones and internet use have become an important part of modern life, and for many of us, they have become essential tools. However, the excessive use of smartphones and the internet may have negative effects on our daily lives, such as affecting our relationships, work productivity, daily activities, and sleep quality. Moreover, some individuals may develop dependence on such technologies that can lead to withdrawal symptoms when not using them. While the concept of smartphone and internet addiction has not been officially confirmed, this collection aimed to explore the potential mental and physical health impacts of excessive smartphone and internet use, including symptoms of withdrawal and tolerance.

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  1. Little is known about mobile phone problem use (MPPU) among older adults. This study investigated critical factors affecting MPPU and filled the gap between MPPU and depressive symptoms in older people.

    Authors: Linlin Ding, Zhihan Li, Hao Jiang, Xiaona Zhang, Zhenfang Xiong and Xinhong Zhu
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:135
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Even though not all cyber bullies or victims think of (or consider) suicide, they clearly appear to be at an increased risk. One possible strategy to reduce suicide risk is to decrease cyberbullying occurrence...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Diana Malaeb, Nour Farah, Manel Stambouli, Majda Cheour, Sahar Obeid and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:121
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. With the advent of the new media era, the understanding of adolescent internet addiction needs to be enriched. It is also necessary to distinguish the related factors of adolescent internet addiction at differ...

    Authors: Bibing Dai, Yan Lin, Xinyi Lai, Jiankang He, Mingxuan Du, Xiaowen Hou and Guohua Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:55
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  4. Peer victimization (PV) is one of the major causes of non-suicidal self-injury. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), peer victimization, social anxiety, and mobile phone addiction are significantly related; howeve...

    Authors: Qianmei Long, Bin Huang, Yiyu Tang, Junlin Wu, Jia Yu, Junlin Qiu, Yanqing Huang and Guoping Huang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2024 24:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. The relationships between fruit and vegetable consumption (FV) and Internet addiction (IA) in college students still remained unknown together with the internal mechanisms. Given the limitations of previous cr...

    Authors: Liqing Yao, Kaixin Liang, Liuyue Huang and Xinli Chi
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:939
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Smartphone addiction is prevalent among college students, and there is a concern that the COVID-19 pandemic may bring an increased prevalence of smartphone addiction due to constant online classes and repeat q...

    Authors: Jie Liu, Xingfeng Yu, Lingna Kong and Xiaobo Zhou
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:915
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11) is a consistent and comprehensive instrument to assess symptoms of specific internet-use disorders including those related to gaming, s...

    Authors: Yung-Ning Yang, Jian-An Su, Apiradee Pimsen, Jung-Sheng Chen, Marc N. Potenza, Amir H. Pakpour, Ji-Kang Chen, Wai Chuen Poon, Ira Nurmala, Kamolthip Ruckwongpatr and Chung-Ying Lin
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:819
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Previous studies on bedtime procrastination mainly focused on the influencing factors of stress and draw less attention on the role of family environment.

    Authors: Zhenliang Yang, Jiahao Huang, Ziqi Li, Hui Xu and Chenguang Guo
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:813
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  9. Phubbing, a phenomenon of ignoring others in face-to-face conversations due to mobile phone use, can be assessed using a Phubbing Scale (PS). Recently, the PS has been shortened into an eight-item version, the...

    Authors: Chung-Ying Lin, Mohammed A. Mamun, Firoj al Mamun, Irfan Ullah, Ismail Hosen, Najma Iqbal Malik, Abiha Fatima, Ali Poorebrahim, Morteza Pourgholami, Marc N Potenza and Amir H Pakpour
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:763
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a formal mental disorder leading to personal and social impairment. Although it shares similar physical and psychosocial effects to substance use disorder, the psychological m...

    Authors: Lin Zhu, Yuqiong Zhu, Shuxuan Li, Yulian Jiang, Xian Mei, Yuting Wang, Dengxian Yang, Jing Zhao, Linlin Mu and Wenjuan Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:754
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. The Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) is a validated 6-item measurement tool for assessing problematic smartphone use (PSU). However, the absence of established cutoff points for SABAS hinde...

    Authors: Pu Peng, Zhangming Chen, Silan Ren, Yi Liu, Ruini He, Yudiao Liang, Youguo Tan, Jinsong Tang, Xiaogang Chen and Yanhui Liao
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:675
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. The enigma of smartphone and internet addiction has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believe this behavior might have a substantial effect on human health and social issues. However, there a...

    Authors: Chung-Ying Lin, Zubair Ahmed Ratan and Amir H Pakpour
    Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2023 23:427
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomed submission of research articles, case reports, and meta-analyses, among others. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Smartphone and Internet Addiction" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.