Pirwani Neha, Szabo Attila
Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Doctoral School of Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jul 20;57:103178. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103178. eCollection 2025 Sep.
Smartphone addiction is a growing health concern, especially among university students. This updated review expands our 2024 review by synthesizing recent empirical findings on the relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction among university students.
Following PRISMA guidelines, a thorough search was conducted in PubMed, SSRN, Oxford Research Archive, JSTOR, and Google Scholar. The quality of studies was evaluated with the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.
Sixteen studies published between January 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, met the inclusion criteria: 14 cross-sectional, one randomized controlled trial, and one longitudinal. All emerged from Asia. Most found an inverse relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction. Experimental and longitudinal studies indicated that structured physical activity could reduce smartphone addiction symptoms over time. However, the predominantly correlational designs warrant cautious interpretation. Still, the directionally consistent average effect size was moderate to large (Cohen's ≈ -0.62), highlighting physical activity's protective role.
Regular physical activity may prevent or reduce smartphone addiction in university students. However, future studies should employ longitudinal designs, use objective measures, and incorporate qualitative validation. This review reinforces our earlier findings and supports the considerable inverse relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction.
智能手机成瘾是一个日益严重的健康问题，在大学生中尤为突出。本更新综述通过综合近期关于大学生身体活动与智能手机成瘾之间关系的实证研究结果，对我们2024年的综述进行了扩展。
按照PRISMA指南，在PubMed、SSRN、牛津研究档案库、JSTOR和谷歌学术上进行了全面搜索。使用混合方法评估工具对研究质量进行了评估。
2024年1月1日至2025年3月31日期间发表的16项研究符合纳入标准：14项横断面研究、1项随机对照试验和1项纵向研究。所有研究均来自亚洲。大多数研究发现身体活动与智能手机成瘾之间存在负相关关系。实验性和纵向研究表明，有组织的身体活动可以随着时间的推移减轻智能手机成瘾症状。然而，主要的相关性设计需要谨慎解释。尽管如此，方向一致的平均效应大小为中等到较大（科恩d值≈ -0.62），突出了身体活动的保护作用。
定期进行身体活动可能预防或减少大学生的智能手机成瘾。然而，未来的研究应采用纵向设计，使用客观测量方法，并纳入定性验证。本综述强化了我们早期的研究结果，并支持身体活动与智能手机成瘾之间存在显著的负相关关系。
