Parental Phone Snubbing Erodes Children’s School Engagement, Study Finds
A two-year study of 2,770 Chinese children links parental phubbing to declining school engagement, with online social activity mediating the ...
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Smartphone Problems and Life Satisfaction Feed Each Other in Early Adolescence, and Boys Face a Vicious Cycle
A three-wave study of 1,265 early adolescents finds problematic smartphone use and life satisfaction drag each other down in both ...
Digital Addiction in Older Adults: When Engagement Becomes a Mental Health Risk
The editorial's framing arrives at a moment when the demographic logic of digital addiction research is being quietly overturned. For ...
Scientists Bring Digital Mindfulness Testing to the Arabic-Speaking World
Researchers have validated the first Arabic version of the Digital Mindfulness Scale among 1,252 university students in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, ...
Boredom, Not Stress, Drives Daily Smartphone Screen Time, Study Finds
A 14-day study of Chinese college students using objective screen-time data shows boredom directly boosts smartphone use, especially short-video viewing ...
Teens’ Smartphone Habits Diverge Sharply by Identity, Education and House Rules
A national study using passive smartphone sensing found that LGBTQIA+ adolescents, teens with less parental education, and those without parental ...
Generation Alpha Shows Higher Social Anxiety Than Gen Z as Early Smartphone Exposure Mounts
A study of 200 young people in Coimbatore, India, finds that Generation Alpha reports significantly higher social interaction anxiety than ...
When Phones Steal Attention, People Start Feeling Less Human
A new survey study of 578 adults links perceived phubbing to mechanistic self-dehumanization through frustrated relatedness needs, with mindfulness buffering ...
Smartphone Dependence in the Hospital Ward: Nurses’ Nomophobia Tested Against Job Performance
A new cross-sectional study of 111 nurses in Türkiye found no statistically significant link between nomophobia and perceived job performance, ...
Fragmented Phone Use, Not Total Screen Time, May Weaken the Brain’s Cognitive Control
A digital phenotyping study of 206 university students finds that fragmented smartphone use, rather than total screen time, is associated ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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