Social anxiety and social skills via problematic smartphone use for predicting somatic symptoms and academic performance at primary school

Mobile phones have become an indispensable tool in different areas of life, however this often results in some negative effects, especially among their youngest users. The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between social anxiety and social skills via problematic smartphone use (PSU) for predicting somatic symptoms and academic performance. A total of N = 427 primary school students aged from 10 to 14 participated in the...