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September 10, 2025Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)Open Access

Age of smartphone access: implications for problematic internet use and online risk behaviors

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PGPatricia GómezALAbel Nogueira LópezDLDavid Liñares

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Overview

Cross-sectional study assesses smartphone access effects on problematic internet use and online risks in adolescents, indicating urgent need for preventive measures.

Key Points

  • Accessing smartphones at a younger age leads to significantly higher rates of problematic internet use among adolescents.
  • The study found that earlier smartphone access correlated with heightened online risk behaviors, including contact with strangers and online gambling.
  • Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire targeting adolescents aged around 15 years from various schools in Galicia.
  • These findings highlight the need for interventions to delay personal smartphone access among children to reduce associated risks.

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Gómez et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1bb6a54b1d3bfb60ed472https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpede.2025.503937
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