فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

There is growing evidence that the problematic use of mobile phone is an evolving problem. Althoughsome studies have noted a greater prevalence in the Middle East, intercultural differences have notbeen sufficiently studied to date. The present study, therefore, aims at reviewing Iranian publishedstudies on the problematic use of mobile phone in Iran. This study was conducted as a review study.For this purpose, we searched all published studies in this field that were conducted in Iran andreviewed all of the articles by studying the prevalence of the problematic use of cell phone in Iran,the adopted measuring instruments, the employed terms, predictors of the problematic use of cellphone, and the consequences of the problematic use of cell phone. After applying the inclusion andexclusion criteria, 47 articles were selected for evaluation. Among the problematic consequences,sleep disturbance was the most studied factor. Additionally, gender, feeling of loneliness, attachmentstiles and age were mostly referred to as predictors. In addition, the reported prevalence varied from0.9% to 64.5%, depending on the studied population and the measuring instruments. The diversity ofreported prevalence rate of problematic use of mobile phone in Iran can be related to the ambiguityof the concept of “problematic use” and the diversity of the employed measuring tools. Thus, careshould be taken in generalizing and interpreting the results.