A systematic review of internet addiction in hospitalized adolescents: proposing a hospital-adapted moderated dual mediation model of emotional dysregulation and social compensation (opens in new tab)

Hospitalized adolescents face unique medical and psychosocial stressors that elevate their risk of internet addiction, yet mainstream theoretical frameworks such as the I-PACE model fail to adequately capture context-specific mechanisms within inpatient medical settings. This narrative systematic review systematically searched four databases (Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus) from database inception to September 30, 2025, in accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines, to m...