Tackling the ‘digital pandemic’: The effectiveness of psychological intervention strategies in problematic Internet and smartphone use—A meta-analysis

Objective: Problematic Internet and smartphone use is associated with serious mental health problems. We thus investigated the effectiveness of psychological interventions on problematic Internet and smartphone use. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis and searched in PubMed,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2022-03, Vol.56 (3), p.219-229
Hauptverfasser: Augner, Christoph, Vlasak, Thomas, Aichhorn, Wolfgang, Barth, Alfred
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: Problematic Internet and smartphone use is associated with serious mental health problems. We thus investigated the effectiveness of psychological interventions on problematic Internet and smartphone use. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis and searched in PubMed, PsyArticles, PsycInfo, Medline and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed experimental and quasi-experimental research published between 2008 and 2021. Results: A total of 10 studies accompanied by 14 effect sizes were included in the meta-analyses for problematic Internet use and 3 studies accompanied by 4 effect sizes for problematic smartphone use. The total sample size was n = 1439 with a mean age of 20.34 (SD = 6.63) years. Psychological interventions were effective for both problematic Internet use (g = −1.41, 95% confidence interval = [−1.90, −0.91], p 
ISSN:0004-8674
1440-1614
DOI:10.1177/00048674211042793