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🇨🇳 PLoS One Study Maps How Smartphone Addiction and Sleep Disorder Symptoms Interact in Students

May 23, 2026 (EMFS)
May 22, 2026 (original)
Source: PLoS One
Source category: Research
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A PLoS One network analysis of 1,842 Chinese college students found that smartphone addiction and sleep disorder symptoms formed a structurally stable comorbidity network. The study identified sleep latency, difficulty concentrating and impatience without a phone as core symptoms, while Bayesian analysis suggested directional associations from sleep disorder symptoms toward smartphone addiction symptoms.
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"A total of 1842 Chinese college students were recruited through convenience sampling."

— Li et al.

"PSQI2 (sleep latency), SA2 (difficulty concentrating), and SA5 (impatience without phone) were identified as core symptoms."

— Li et al.

"In college students, smartphone addiction and sleep disorder symptoms interact to form a structurally stable comorbidity network."

— Li et al.

Source

Network analysis of smartphone addiction and sleep disorder symptoms in Chinese college students journals.plos.org

📄 Underlying Research

Network analysis of smartphone addiction and sleep disorder symptoms in Chinese college students

Li X, Mao Y (2026) PLoS One Journal Level 1ⓘ

🔗 DOI 📚 PubMed 📰 Full Study

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