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The self-administered questionnaire mainly covered demographic information, academic stress, smartphone use time, total screen time, and other lifestyle behaviors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The average smartphone use time of primary, middle, and high school students was 0.76 \u00b1 0.90, 1.34 \u00b1 1.29, and 2.39 \u00b1 1.66 h\/day, respectively; total screen time was 2.60 \u00b1 2.63, 2.65 \u00b1 3.39, and 3.52 \u00b1 2.7 h\/day, respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). The academic stress scores of primary, middle, and high school students were 9.25 \u00b1 3.96, 11.97 \u00b1 4.58, and 15.06 \u00b1 5.10 (out of 30), respectively. The smartphone use time and total screen time were positively associated with academic stress score, with \u03b2 values of 0.307 (95% CI: 0.164\u20130.450) and 0.171 (95% CI: 0.088\u20130.255), respectively. The longer the smartphone use time and total screen time, the higher the risk of abnormal academic stress, with OR values of 1.199 (95% CI: 1.103\u20131.303) and 1.104 (95% CI: 1.056\u20131.154), respectively. After stratifying by grade group, positive associations between smartphone use time or total screen time and abnormal academic stress were observed in primary and middle school students; for high school students; however, only smartphone use time had a positive association.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study confirmed that the academic stress is widespread among students aged 10\u201319 in Shanghai, China. 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