Mobile phone addiction levels and negative emotions among Chinese young adults: The mediating role of interpersonal problems

Chen, Li; Yan, Zheng; Tang, Wenjie; Yang, Fuyin; Xie, Xin; He, Jincai

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.030

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“…It shows that uncontrolled mobile phone usage may increase anxiety of adolescents. These results are in agreement with those obtained in earlier studies by Jenaro et al [1,2,5,[26][27][28][29][30]. Adolescents with high mobile dependence level are more likely to feel sad after leaving the mobile phone.…”

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Influence of social support on the impact of mobile phone dependence on anxiety levels of Chinese adolescents

LIU¹,

Jing-Ping²,

Yao³

et al. 2018

biomedicalresearch

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between Mobile Phone Dependence (MPD) of adolescents and their social support-related anxiety levels. Methods: A total of 1006 young students selected from Shaanxi Province were examined for their degree of MPD, using Mobile Phone Dependence Index (MPDI), and to obtain their degree of social support and severity of anxiety levels. Social support and anxiety levels were assessed using Social Support Revalued Scale (SSRS) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), respectively. Results: The adolescent's MPAI score of 34.63 ± 11.53 (p<0.05) was negatively correlated with social support, but positively correlated with anxiety levels (p<0.001). Hierarchy regression analysis showed that utilization of social support played a mediating role in the relationship between anxiety and loss of control, and between anxiety and craving (4.22% and 4.19% of the gross effects, respectively). Conclusion: These results suggest that social support can partially adjust the MPD-induced anxiety levels of adolescents.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Influence of social support on the impact of mobile phone dependence on anxiety levels of Chinese adolescents

LIU¹,

Jing-Ping²,

Yao³

et al. 2018

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“…It also has strong internal consistency (Chronbach’s α = 0.83) and good test–retest reliability ( r = 0.91) [8]. Additional study proved the scale performed well with undergraduate students [30]. In this study, α = 0.87 for PMPUS, 0.71–0.77 for the four subscales.…”

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Self-control and problematic mobile phone use in Chinese college students: the mediating role of mobile phone use patterns

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BackgroundWith the popularity of mobile phones, problematic mobile phone use is getting increasing attention in recent years. Although self-control was found to be a critical predictor of problematic mobile phone use, no study has ever explored the association between self-control and mobile phone use patterns as well as the possible pathway how self-control affects problematic mobile phone use.MethodsFour hundred sixty-eight college students were randomly selected in this study. Data were collected using the Problematic Mobile Phone Use Scale, the Self-Control Scale, and the Mobile Phone Use Pattern Questionnaire. Statistical tests were conducted to identify the potential role of mobile phone use patterns in the association between self-control and problematic mobile phone use.ResultsIn this sample, female students displayed significant higher mobile phone dependence than males. Self-control was negatively correlated with interpersonal, transaction and entertainment mobile phone use patterns, but positively correlated with information seeking use pattern. Self-control could predict problematic mobile phone use directly and indirectly via interpersonal and transaction patterns.ConclusionsOur research provided additional evidence for the negative association between self-control and problematic mobile phone use. Moreover, interpersonal and transaction use patterns played a mediating role in this link.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12888-016-1131-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Research (Yan & Chen 2016) shows that liberal arts students have relatively lower motivation and less interest in learning than science students when they are not studying. Therefore, students of liberal arts are likely to be more obsessed with mobile phones, resulting in a higher level of mobile phone addiction.…”

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“…Consequently, excessive use of technology-based goods and services can leads to dependence on, or even addiction to, these products, such as Internet Addiction and Mobile Phone Addiction (Chen et al 2016). Mobile phone addiction is a relatively new phenomenon of human behavior that can impact users who have developed an extreme reliance on their phones for any reason.…”

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Mediator Effects of Positive Emotions on Social Support and Depression Among Adolescents Suffering From Mobile Phone Addiction

Xia

Ren

2017

Psychiat Danub

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Mobile phone addiction levels and negative emotions among Chinese young adults: The mediating role of interpersonal problems

Cited by 255 publications

References 62 publications

Influence of social support on the impact of mobile phone dependence on anxiety levels of Chinese adolescents

Influence of social support on the impact of mobile phone dependence on anxiety levels of Chinese adolescents

Self-control and problematic mobile phone use in Chinese college students: the mediating role of mobile phone use patterns

Mediator Effects of Positive Emotions on Social Support and Depression Among Adolescents Suffering From Mobile Phone Addiction

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