The relationship between mobile phone dependence and attachment, social support among adolescents
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2013.08.020
- VernacularTitle:青少年手机依赖与依恋、社会支持的关系
- Author:
Xuhua GE
;
Zhuohong ZHU
;
Yali WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mobile phone dependence;
Attachment;
Social support
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2013;22(8):736-738
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationships among mobile phone dependence and attachment,social support among adolescent students.Methods 900 students from two vocational colleges in Shandong province were recruited by stratified sampling.They were assessed with Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory (ECR) Chinese version,Social Support Rating Scale and Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Questionnaire.Results There were no significant differences of adolescent students'mobile phone dependence on gender,child status,and native place.The score of middle vocational school students'mobile phone dependence (45.84 ± 12.64)was significantly higher than that of higher vocational college students (40.68 ± 9.72),and there was significant difference between them (P ＜ 0.01).Mobile dependence was significantly positively related with attachment anxiety (r =0.469,P ＜ 0.01),and was significantly negatively related with social support (r =0.149,P ＜ 0.01).Attachment anxiety and social support were the direct predictors of mobile phone dependence,and social support played the partial mediating role between attachment anxiety and mobile phone dependence.Conclusions Mobile phone dependence is a common phenomenon among adolescent students,and the middle vocational school students' mobile phone dependence is more serious than that of the higher vocational college students.There are close relationships between mobile phone and attachment,social support.Attachment anxiety is not only directly but also indirectly associated with mobile phone dependence by social support.
