Childhood maltreatment and problematic smartphone use: A multilevel, meta-analytic review
Ye Y, Zhu N, Su J, Zhao J, Kong F
Journal of behavioral addictions · 1 cita
Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Metaanálisis (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Gobierno
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Universidad u hospital
- Division of Graduate Education
- Gobierno
- Graduate Students' Degree and Graduate Education Research Program of Shaanxi Province
- Subvenciones
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (SXGERC2023046); National Natural Science Foundation of China (32371121); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (GK202501006)
Según 4 financiadores declarados.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2025-06-25 · J Behav Addict · vol. 14 · número 2 · págs. 644–659
- Editorial
- Akadémiai Kiadó
- Citado
- 3 citas · más que el 95% de estudios similares · 5.5× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 93 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY-NC
- Áreas de investigación
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Development and Digital Technology
- Palabras clave
- child abuse, smartphone addiction, physical abuse, sexual abuse, family environment, compulsive smartphone use, age effects, university students
- MeSH
- humans, child abuse, child, smartphone, internet addiction disorder
5 autores
- Ying Ye🇨🇳Shaanxi Normal University
- Ningzhe Zhu🇨🇳Shaanxi Normal University
- Jiahe Su🇨🇳Shaanxi Normal University
- Jingjing Zhao🇨🇳Shaanxi Normal University
- Feng Kong🇨🇳Shaanxi Normal University
Resumen
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Background and aims
Problematic smartphone use (PSU), characterized by excessive and compulsive engagement with smartphones, is significantly shaped by the family environment. Recent studies have shown that childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with increased PSU. Despite this growing recognition, comprehensive, quantitative evaluations of this connection remain scarce. The present meta-analysis aims to synthesize existing quantitative evidence on the relationship between PSU and CM.
Methods
We systematically searched databases including Web of Science, ProQuest, PubMed, Elsevier ScienceDirect, PsycINFO, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Weipu for studies published up to March 1, 2025. Eligible papers were quantitative, peer-reviewed studies that allowed statistical calculation of the relationship between PSU and CM.
Results
Across 51 studies (99 effect sizes), a moderate positive correlation was found between CM and PSU (r = 0.264, 95% CI [0.226, 0.301], p < 0.001). Notably, as age increases, the impact of physical and sexual abuse on individuals appears to diminish, whereas this age-related effect was not observed for other forms of maltreatment. No significant moderating effects were observed for maltreatment type, measurement tools, study design, gender, sample type (college vs. non-college), or publication type.
Discussion and conclusions
The findings highlight the family environment's key role in PSU. Children who experience maltreatment require special attention to their smartphone usage, along with targeted interventions to address both the harms of maltreatment and excessive smartphone use.
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