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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1487944
This article is part of the Research Topic The Burnout Spectrum in Schools and Sports: Students, Teachers, Athletes, and Coaches at Risk View all 4 articles
Meta-Analysis on Intervention Effects of Exercise on Chinese children and adolescents with Mobile Phone Dependence
Provisionally accepted- 1 College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- 2 School of Nursing· School of Public Health, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Objective:This study aims to examine which exercise regimens may have a stronger intervention effect and assess the impact of exercise on children's and teenagers' dependence on mobile phones using a meta-analysis system.Methods: From the library's founding until December 2023, we searched the databases of China Knowledge, Wanfang, Wipro, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library for experimental studies on the effects of exercise on children's and adolescents' dependence on mobile phones. We also evaluated the literature's quality using the Cochrane Handbook and performed meta-analyses using the RevMan 5.4 software. Using the standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) as the primary effect indicators, a meta-analysis was conducted utilizing RevMan 5.4 software. The protocol of this systematic review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024543710).Results: (1) Aerobic exercise showed a significant intervention effect on mobile phone dependence in children and adolescents in the intervention content subgroups but was not statistically significant in the combined exercise subgroups. (2) Exercise demonstrated a large effect size intervention effect on mobile phone dependence in children and adolescents. (3) Regarding mobile phone dependence in children and adolescents, the intensity of the intervention was divided into three subgroups: medium, moderate to high, and low. (4) The greatest intervention effect on mobile phone dependence was observed with a three-times-weekly intervention frequency. (5) Exercise lasting between 8 to 30 weeks showed a positive intervention effect on mobile phone dependence, with the most effective intervention occurring around 12 weeks. (6) The following order reflected the effect of the intervention duration on children and adolescents' mobile phone dependence: 40-45 minutes, 20-30 minutes, 90 minutes, and 60 minutes.
Keywords: Exercise, Mobile phone dependence, Intervention effect, Meta-analysis, exercise effec t
Received: 29 Aug 2024; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Chen, Zhu, Yang and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Fengshu Zhu, College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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