AUTHOR=Ratan Zubair Ahmed , Parrish Anne-Maree , Alotaibi Mohammad Saud , Hosseinzadeh Hassan 

TITLE=Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Digital Health

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1351955

DOI=10.3389/fdgth.2025.1351955

ISSN=2673-253X

ABSTRACT=The enigma of smartphone addiction (SA) has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believed this behaviour might affect physical and mental wellbeing. SA has become a complex problem, yet to date, there is limited research investigating the predictors of SA and its effect on “health-related quality of life (HRQoL)”. This study aimed to address this gap. The data was gathered from a convenience sample of 440 young adults completed between July 2021 and February 2022 through online survey in Bangladesh. On Logistic regression, after controlling for socio-demographic variables; friend support, process, social and compulsive usage were determined as significant predictors of SA. Those who were smartphone addicted were more presumably to have a lower quality of life. This study has significant implications for designing prevention pro-grams and policy development in relation to predictors of SA and its effect on HRQoL.