Research Letter

Smartphone Use During School Hours by US Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.23235

January 05, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This study uses data on smartphone usage in schools from the ABCD (Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development) Study to characterize smartphone app usage during school hours in a diverse sample of US adolescents.

Corresponding Author: Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St, Fourth Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143 (jason.nagata@ucsf.edu).

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