{"id":6941,"date":"2020-02-26T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:37:08","slug":"smartphone-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/smartphone-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Smartphone Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The diagnostic criteria of smartphone addiction demonstrated the core symptoms \u201cimpaired control\u201d paralleled with substance related and addictive disorders. The functional impairment involved multiple domains provide a strict standard for clinical assessment.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed diagnostic criteria for smartphone addiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria A:<\/strong> Maladaptive pattern of smartphone use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, occurring at any time within the same 3-month period. Three (or more) of the following symptoms having been present:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recurrent failure to resist the impulse to use the smartphone<\/li>\n<li>Withdrawal: as manifested by dysphoria, anxiety and\/or irritability after a period without smartphone use<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone use for a period longer than intended<\/li>\n<li>Persistent desire and\/or unsuccessful attempts to quit or reduce smartphone use<\/li>\n<li>Excessive time spent on using or quitting the smartphone use<\/li>\n<li>Continued excessive smartphone use despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem resulting from smartphone overuse<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Criteria B:<\/strong> Functional impairment, two (or more) of the following symptoms have been present<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Excessive smartphone use resulting in persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone use in a physically hazardous situation (e.g., smartphone use while driving, or crossing the street), or having other negative impacts on daily life<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone use resulting in impairment of social relationships, school achievement, or job performance<\/li>\n<li>Excessive smartphone use causes significant subjective distress, or is time-consuming<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Criteria C:<\/strong> Exclusion criteria<br \/>\nThe smartphone addictive behavior is not better accounted for by obsessive\u2013compulsive disorder or by bipolar I disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Both criteria A and B must be present for the diagnosis of smartphone addiction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lin YH, Chiang CL, Lin PH, et al. Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Smartphone Addiction. PLoS One. 2016;11(11):e0163010. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27846211\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Horvath J, Mundinger C, Schmitgen MM, et al. Structural and functional correlates of smartphone addiction [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 1]. Addict Behav. 2020;105:106334. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32062336\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Feb 26, 2020.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[2137,2139,16,15,14,13,2141,820,2138,2136,2140],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychiatry","tag-addiction","tag-adiccion","tag-criteria","tag-criterios","tag-diagnostic","tag-diagnostico","tag-inteligentes","tag-proposed","tag-propuestos","tag-smartphone","tag-telefonos"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9146,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions\/9146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}