Problematic smartphone use and disengagement in first-year college students: A daily diary study of between- and within-person differences.
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RF Safe Research Library
Jan 1, 2026
This 30-day daily diary study of 104 first-year undergraduates in China examined links between problematic smartphone use (PSU) and disengagement at within- and between-person levels. The analyses reported bidirectional next-day associations, where higher-than-usual PSU predicted higher-than-usual disengagement and…