Geng Ruili , Ding Weiwei
[Purpose/significance] By sorting out the relevant empirical research literature on smartphone addiction
and analyzing its influencing factors and regulatory variables, it is helpful to deeply understand the incentives, process?
es and consequences of this behavior, so as to provide new thinking and inspiration for future research in this field.
[Method/process] Weight-analysis and meta-analysis were combined to carry out a comprehensive quantitative analy?
sis, through coding and selection of domestic and foreign empirical research literature on smartphone addiction, 81 re?
search samples were included in the analysis category, using heterogeneity test, publication bias test, global effect test
and moderating effect test, to reveal the effect of influence factors and moderating variables of smartphone addiction.
[Result/conclusion] The influencing factors of smartphone addiction included three categories: personality factor, emo?
tion, and cognition factor, and habitual use and attitude factor.Self-esteem, self-control, conscientiousness, perceived
social support, agreeableness, and self-efficacy were significantly negatively correlated with smartphone addiction, a to?
tal of 19 influencing factors such as missed anxiety, depression, anxiety, and smartphone use frequency were signifi?
cantly positively correlated with smartphone addiction.Moderating variables such as cultural characteristics, subject
groups and user gender can explain the heterogeneity of the relationship between some influencing factors and smart?
phone addiction in different research samples to some extent. The 15 "best predictors" in the 28 groups of variable rela?
tionships can be directly used to guide practice, and the 8 "potential predictors" need further academic research to test
their explanatory power for addictive behavior. The conclusions of this study can provide enlightenment for the next re?
search in this field at the theoretical level, and provide valuable implications for the prevention, intervention, and
health guidance of smartphone addiction at the practical level.