Lifestyle Mediates the Associations of Social Media and Smartphone Use Addiction with Sleep Quality and Mental Health Problems in Adults: An Exploratory Study
Cheng-Yu Lin, Han Thi Vo, Chuan-Rong Yeh, Chih-Feng Lai, Shwu-Huey Yang, Jane C J Chao, Pei-Shan Tsai, Tuyen Van Duong · 2026
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Eight researchers studied how daily habits sit between heavy phone use and poor mental health, in a 2026 survey. Too much social media and smartphone use has been linked to bad sleep, anxiety, and low mood. The team asked whether lifestyle habits, such as smoking, drinking, eating, and exercise, carry part of that link.
The survey covered 1,324 students aged twenty to forty. Validated questionnaires measured addiction-like use, sleep, mood, and habits. Statistical mediation tests found small but real indirect paths through lifestyle for both kinds of heavy use. In plain terms, habits explained a slice of the harm, not the bulk of it. Because the study took one snapshot in time, it cannot prove cause. Still, the authors suggest health programs should target daily habits alongside screen time.
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| CREATOR | Cheng-Yu Lin, Han Thi Vo, Chuan-Rong Yeh, Chih-Feng Lai, Shwu-Huey Yang, Jane C J Chao, Pei-Shan Tsai, Tuyen Van Duong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |