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Participants completed five author-developed PCSW self-report items, used as an operational measure rather than a validated scale, together with standardized measures of smartphone addiction (SAS-SV), emotion dysregulation (DERS-18), emotional symptoms (DASS-21), impulsivity (UPPS-P), food addiction (mYFAS 2.0; AEBS), and quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A latent profile analysis identified three profiles characterized by high (HPC), moderate (MPC), and low (LPC) levels of physical complaints. The HPC profile exhibited poorer emotional and behavioral indicators, higher levels of smartphone and food addiction, lower quality-of-life scores, and greater SWI. Spearman correlations revealed positive relationships between PCSW, emotional symptoms, emotion dysregulation, problematic smartphone use, and food addiction indicators, as well as negative relationships with quality of life. Network analysis indicated that depression, stress, and emotion-regulation difficulties formed a central core, with PCSW showing more peripheral connections to this core, particularly in relation to problematic smartphone use and emotion regulation. These connections were broadly similar across countries, with slightly stronger associations in Brazil and greater importance of addictive eating indicators in Canada.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings indicate that emotional and technological factors are associated with PCSW, underscoring the importance of emotion regulation, smartphone use, and SWI for students' wellbeing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1873349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]],"date-time":"2026-07-24T05:36:07Z","timestamp":1784871367000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physical complaints and emotional symptoms in the context of series watching: a multicenter latent profile and network analysis in Brazil and Canada"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Gilvano Amorim","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cl\u00e1udio","family":"Romualdo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wanderlei Abadio","family":"de Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura Soares da","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luciana Bertoldi","family":"Nucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Scatena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychology Section, Santo Andr\u00e9 Medical Center","place":["Santo Andr\u00e9, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Denise","family":"De Micheli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal University of S\u00e3o Paulo","place":["S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyoun S.","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University","place":["Toronto, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Makilim Nunes","family":"Baptista","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e9 Luiz Monezi","family":"Andrade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas","place":["Campinas, Brazil"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3418","DOI":"10.3390\/nu13103418","article-title":"Binge watching during COVID-19: associations with stress and body weight","volume":"13","author":"Aghababian","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nutrients"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"9707","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19159707","article-title":"Binge-watching and mental health problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"19","author":"Alimoradi","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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