Problematic mobile phone use in late childhood and early adolescence in Padua, Italy, 2014–15

Background In our previous studies it was evidenced that substance abuse behaviours already start in early adolescence (6th −8th grade) with many substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. The present study focused on another risk behaviour, the problematic cell phone use (PCPU), which has been spreading in early adolescence in recent years. Researchers revealed that PCPU is associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in older adolescence. The …