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Time distortion associated with smartphone addiction: Identifying smartphone addiction via a mobile application (App)

Lin, Yu-Hsuan, Lin, Yu-Cheng, Lee, Yang-Han, Lin, Po-Hsien, Lin, Sheng-Hsuan, Chang, Li-Ren, Tseng, Hsien-Wei, Yen, Liang-Yu +2 more·2015·Journal of Psychiatric Research
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.04.003
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Background Global smartphone penetration has brought about unprecedented addictive behaviors.Aims We report a proposed diagnostic criteria and the designing of a mobile application (App) to identify smartphone addiction.Method We used a novel empirical mode decomposition (EMD) to delineate the trend in smartphone use over one month.Results The daily use count and the trend of this frequency are associated with smartphone addiction. We quantify excessive use by daily use duration and frequency, as well as the relationship between the tolerance symptoms and the trend for the median duration of a use epoch. The psychiatrists' assisted self-reporting use time is significant lower than and the recorded total smartphone use time via the App and the degree of underestimation was positively correlated with actual smartphone use.Conclusions Our study suggests the identification of smartphone addiction by diagnostic interview and via the App-generated parameters with EMD analysis.

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  • Smartphone addiction is associated with deficits in attention and executive function such as inhibition and working memory.

    “Smartphone addiction is associated with decreased cognitive function (Lee et al., 2017) and deficits in attention and executive function such as inhibition and working memory (Lin et al., 2015).”

    From The impact of digital technology, social media, and artificial intelligence on cognitive functions: a review (2023) · cites this paper as Lin et al., 2015

  • The constant barrage of information and distractions that come with digital technology can overload the brain, making it difficult to process information and retain it.

    “Furthermore, the constant barrage of information and distractions that come with digital technology can overload the brain, making it difficult to process information and retain it (Lin et al., 2015).”

    From The impact of digital technology, social media, and artificial intelligence on cognitive functions: a review (2023) · cites this paper as Lin et al., 2015

  • Smartphone addiction has been associated with reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex.

    “Smartphone addiction has also been associated with reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making and impulse control (Lin et al., 2015).”

    From The impact of digital technology, social media, and artificial intelligence on cognitive functions: a review (2023) · cites this paper as Lin et al., 2015

  • Prolonged internet use was associated with reduced gray matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in cognitive and emotional processing.

    “Lin et al. (2015) found that prolonged internet use was associated with reduced gray matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in cognitive and emotional processing.”

    From The impact of digital technology, social media, and artificial intelligence on cognitive functions: a review (2023) · cites this paper as Lin et al. (2015)

  • The cell phone has emerged as a source of potentially addictive behavior, particularly since the arrival of smartphone devices.

    “If the Internet was initially the technological addiction par excellence, the cell phone soon emerged as a source of potentially addictive behavior, particularly since the arrival of smartphone devices (22, 23), along with the evolution from a global approach to a progressive differentiation of addictions by contents and concrete applications.”

    From Cell-phone addiction: a review (2016) · cites this paper as [23]

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Authors
Lin, Y.-H., Lin, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-H., Lin, P.-H., Lin, S.-H., Chang, L.-R., Tseng, H.-W., Yen, L.-Y., Yang, C. C. H., & Kuo, T. B. J.
Affiliations
  • National Yang Ming University (TW)
  • Tamkang University (TW)
  • Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center (TW)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • National Taiwan University (TW)
  • National Central University (TW)
Corresponding author
Kuo, Terry B.J.
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Venue
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-06
Volume
65
Pages
139-145
ISSN
0022-3956 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.04.003
OpenAlex
W2098427813
Cited by
399
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 73 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 4
FWCI
84.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Tamkang University Institutional Repository (TKUIR) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Council
  • Ministry of Education (NSC 100-2627-B-010-002)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
smartphone addiction, mobile application, empirical mode decomposition, smartphone use patterns, diagnostic criteria, smartphone overuse, time distortion
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Adult, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Models, Theoretical, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Young Adult, Self Report, Mobile Applications

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