Influencing factors of smartphone addiction in the era of artificial intelligence: based on the perspective of home-school

Front Psychol. 2026 May 8;17:1770457. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1770457. eCollection 2026.

ABSTRACT

In the era of artificial intelligence, undergraduates have the characteristics of convenience and time flexibility in the use of smart phones, and their addiction is directly related to the sustainable development of students “physical and mental health. Family and school are the main fields of their life and learning, so exploring the dependence of undergraduate students on smartphones from the dual perspectives of home and school undoubtedly has important social responsibility significance. We use t-test, one-way analysis of variance and stepwise regression method to analyze the data of 556 undergraduates, and explore the differences of undergraduates” smartphone addiction, the influencing factors from the perspective of home-school and the interaction effect between home and school. The study shows that there are significant differences in gender, number of children in the family, and grade among undergraduates’ smartphone addiction. Social capital within and outside the family, family embodied and objective cultural capital, and student support have a significant negative impact on undergraduates “smartphone addiction. Family economic capital, family institutionalized capital, teacher support and independent opportunities have no significant impact on undergraduates” smartphone addiction. Social capital within and outside the family has a mutual substitution effect with student support, and family embodied and objective cultural capital has a mutual promotion effect with student support. Therefore, we should pay attention to the classification of smartphone addiction, make good use of family capital to regulate smartphone addiction, and create student support.

PMID:42183531 | PMC:PMC13194453 | DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1770457