Abstract

Problematic smartphone use is a severe public health concern among the young generation today. Using a smartphone repetitively to the extent of causing various types of physical, psychological, or social impairment is problematic for smartphone use or addiction. The widespread use of smartphones has raised concerns about the detrimental consequences of problematic smartphone use, particularly among younger people. In this article, we discuss some adverse effects of problematic smartphone usage. Extreme problematic use severely disrupts people’s daily lives, especially among young adults. A review of recent studies on problematic smartphone use is given in this article. Articles were exposed in the PUBMED and GOOGLE SCHOLAR databases using related keywords.

Keywords:Problematic smartphone usage; Day-to-day life; Youth; Adversely affects