Excessive smartphone use and addiction: When harms start outweighing benefits

Addiction. 2023 Apr;118(4):586-588. doi: 10.1111/add.16060. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Authors

Helle Larsen^{1

2}, Reinout W Wiers^{1

2}, Shuang Su¹, Janna Cousijn³

Affiliations

¹ Addiction, Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Laboratory, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Centre for Urban Mental Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Neuroscience of Addiction (NofA) Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 36241358
DOI: 10.1111/add.16060

No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; behavioral health; digital wellbeing; excessive smartphone use; individual differences; mental health.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Behavior, Addictive*
Humans
Smartphone*