Using Machine Learning to Explore the Risk Factors of Problematic Smartphone Use among Canadian Adolescents during COVID-19: The Important Role of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO)

The goal of the present study was to use machine learning to identify how gender, age, ethnicity, screen time, internalizing problems, self-regulation, and FoMO were related to problematic smartphone use in a sample of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were N = 2527 (12...

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Published in:Applied Sciences
Main Authors: Bowen Xiao, Natasha Parent, Louai Rahal, Jennifer Shapka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/8/4970