“A smartphone made my life easier”: An exploratory study on age of adolescent smartphone acquisition and well-being

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Highlights：

• Age of smartphone acquisition largely does not predict well-being in later adolescence.

• Parents perceived as the people who should determine adolescent smartphone readiness.

• Preventing adolescent access to a smartphone thought to have negative social outcomes.

摘要

•Age of smartphone acquisition largely does not predict well-being in later adolescence.•Parents perceived as the people who should determine adolescent smartphone readiness.•Preventing adolescent access to a smartphone thought to have negative social outcomes.

论文关键词：Adolescence,Smartphones,Mobile devices,Well-being,Depression,Qualitative,Quality of life

论文评审过程：Received 4 March 2020, Revised 31 July 2020, Accepted 9 September 2020, Available online 13 September 2020, Version of Record 16 September 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106563