Longitudinal association between compulsive behaviour and smartphone addiction in middle school students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025150
- VernacularTitle:中学生强迫行为与智能手机成瘾的纵向关联
- Author:
CHEN Qifei, WANG Daosen, GONG Ranran, LIN Xinyun, SU Xintong, ZHAO Jingxian, FU Jiaxuan, YANG Kaize, TANG Jie, CHEN Shihua, LI Xiuhong
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Author Information
1. Department of Maternal, Child and Aging Health, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yatsen University, Shenzhen (518107) , Guangdong Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Coercion;
Cellular phone;
Behavior,addictive;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2025;46(5):638-641
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the potential causal association between adolescent compulsive behaviour and smartphone addiction based on longitudinal data, so as to provide reference for the establishment of adolescent smartphone addiction interventions.
Methods:A preliminary survey and follow-up were conducted on 8 907 middle and high school students in a district of Shenzhen in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Compulsive behaviours were measured by using the Mental Health Inventory for Middle School Students-60 Items (MMHI-60), smartphone addiction was assessed by using the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version ( SAS- SV), and the associations between compulsive behaviours and smartphone addiction were analysed by using multilevel mixed-effects models and subgroup analyses.
Results:Smartphone addiction detection rates among middle school students were significantly associated with genders, father s education level, mother s education level, study load subgroups, and whether or not they were single-parent families, and there were statistical differences ( χ 2=17.21-175.34, P <0.05). Students with compulsive behaviours were 2.98 times more likely to develop smartphone addiction than those without compulsive behaviours ( OR=2.98, 95%CI=2.77-3.22, P <0.05). Subgroup analysis of middle school students without smartphone addiction in the first year found that compulsive behaviours significantly predicted smartphone addiction ( OR= 1.76 , 95%CI=1.54-2.01, P <0.05).
Conclusion:There is a potential causal association between obsessive-compulsive behaviours and smartphone addiction in middle school students, and obsessive-compulsive behaviours in middle school students could significantly predicted the occurrence of smartphone addiction.
