Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review
Background and aimsAmong the large number of studies on smartphone addiction, only a few randomized controlled trials on exercise and psychological interventions for smartphone addiction by university students have been published. This study aims to systematically investigate the impact of exercise...
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| description | Background and aimsAmong the large number of studies on smartphone addiction, only a few randomized controlled trials on exercise and psychological interventions for smartphone addiction by university students have been published. This study aims to systematically investigate the impact of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students.MethodsThe PRISMA guidelines were adopted for this systematic literature review. Prominent academic databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, ProQuest, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and PsycINFO were searched to find eligible studies published before Aug 2021. The overall quality of the articles was checked using the “QualSyst” tool by Kmet et al.ResultsFrom among 600 papers, 23 met the inclusion criteria and were incorporated into our systematic review. All of the studies were randomized controlled trials. The following thematic areas emerged as a result of the content analysis: study selection and design, as well as study characteristics (participants, intervention, comparisons, and outcomes).Discussion and conclusionThe literature on exercise and psychological interventions for smartphone addiction is scarce. There is a need to introduce new interventions and to validate the effectiveness of combined interventions. Our findings suggest that exercise and psychological interventions may help to reduce smartphone addiction. This combination was more effective compare to exercise or psychological intervention on mental health and addiction among university students. Future research should combine exercise and psychological interventions, focusing on university students, especially females, who are vulnerable to smartphone addiction. Further studies should focus on the cross-section of neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, and sports science to provide combined interventions in physiological and psychological direction.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier: CRD42021278037. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87bb6e97730c45d68a97cda75521cd722022-12-22T03:53:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10212851021285Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic reviewHuange Liu0Kim Geok Soh1Shamsulariffin Samsudin2Watnawat Rattanakoses3Fengmeng Qi4Department of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, MalaysiaDepartment of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, MalaysiaDepartment of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, MalaysiaDepartment of Khon Kaen Sport School, Thailand National Sports University, Bueng Nam Rak, ThailandDepartment of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, MalaysiaBackground and aimsAmong the large number of studies on smartphone addiction, only a few randomized controlled trials on exercise and psychological interventions for smartphone addiction by university students have been published. This study aims to systematically investigate the impact of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students.MethodsThe PRISMA guidelines were adopted for this systematic literature review. Prominent academic databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, ProQuest, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and PsycINFO were searched to find eligible studies published before Aug 2021. The overall quality of the articles was checked using the “QualSyst” tool by Kmet et al.ResultsFrom among 600 papers, 23 met the inclusion criteria and were incorporated into our systematic review. All of the studies were randomized controlled trials. The following thematic areas emerged as a result of the content analysis: study selection and design, as well as study characteristics (participants, intervention, comparisons, and outcomes).Discussion and conclusionThe literature on exercise and psychological interventions for smartphone addiction is scarce. There is a need to introduce new interventions and to validate the effectiveness of combined interventions. Our findings suggest that exercise and psychological interventions may help to reduce smartphone addiction. This combination was more effective compare to exercise or psychological intervention on mental health and addiction among university students. Future research should combine exercise and psychological interventions, focusing on university students, especially females, who are vulnerable to smartphone addiction. Further studies should focus on the cross-section of neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, and sports science to provide combined interventions in physiological and psychological direction.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier: CRD42021278037.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1021285/fullexercisepsychologicalinterventionsmartphone addictionuniversity students |
| spellingShingle | Huange Liu Kim Geok Soh Shamsulariffin Samsudin Watnawat Rattanakoses Fengmeng Qi Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review Frontiers in Psychology exercise psychological intervention smartphone addiction university students |
| title | Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review |
| title_full | Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review |
| title_short | Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review |
| title_sort | effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students a systematic review |
| topic | exercise psychological intervention smartphone addiction university students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1021285/full |
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