Over the past year or so,
several smartphone addiction intervention apps have popped up in the iOS App Store and Google Play.
Not exact matches
Korean researchers have developed
several self - rating questionnaires for assessing
smartphone addiction, but no single one of them is regarded as official.
In one recent study, Choi and
several colleagues wrote that
smartphone addiction, like other impulse - control disorders, can «interfere with school or work; decrease real - life social interaction; decrease academic ability; and cause relationship problems.»
Several recent studies have pointed to damaging effects of
smartphone addiction, such as insufficient sleep and higher risk of depression.