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Comparative Effectiveness of Mind-Body Exercise Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for College Students with Problematic Smartphone Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Chunping Lu^1,#, Liye Zou^2,#, Benjamin Becker³, Mark D. Griffiths⁴, Qian Yu², Si-Tong Chen⁵, Zsolt Demetrovics⁶, Can Jiao⁷, Xinli Chi⁷, Aiguo Chen⁸, Albert Yeung⁹, Shijie Liu¹⁰, Yanjie Zhang^2,11,*

1 The Greater Bay Area Institute of Educational Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
2 Exercise and Mental Health Laboratory, Institute of Mental Health, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
3 The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
4 Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK
5 Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, 8001, Australia
6 Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1139, Hungary
7 School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
8 College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
9 Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
10 School of Physical Education and Sport Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438, China
11 Health and Exercise Science Laboratory, Institute of Sports Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea

* Corresponding Author: Yanjie Zhang. Email:
# These authors contributed equally to this work