Mobile phone addiction and mental health among Chinese vocational college students: the role of selfcontrol and selfesteem
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2019.01.021
- VernacularTitle:高职学生手机成瘾与心理健康自我控制及自尊关系
- Author:
HE Jie*, LI Shasha, FU Mingxing.
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Author Information
1. Liaocheng Vocational and Technical College, Liaocheng(252000),Shandong Province,China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Behavior,addictive;
Mental health;
Ego;
Cellular phone;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2019;40(1):79-82
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:This paper discussed possible mechanisms of mobile phone addiction on mental health of vocational college students, and to explore the role of selfcontrol and selfesteem in this association.
Methods:Totally 898 vocational college students from Liaocheng, Kunming and Wuhan were selected by random cluster sampling. Subjects were investigated with the Mobile Phone Addiction Index, DepressionAnxietyStress Scale (short version), SelfControl Scale, and SelfEsteem Scale.
Results:About 27.6% of the participants selfreported mobile phone addiction. Mobile phone addiction score (45.80±10.41)was positively correlated with mental health(36.18±9.13)(P<0.01). A significant negative correlation was found between mobile addiction tendency with selfcontrol and selfesteem (both P<0.01). Male students scored higher on depression, anxiety and stress than female students(t=3.57, P<0.01). Selfcontrol played a partial intermediary role in the association between mobile phone addiction and mental health(β=-0.36, P<0.01). The influence of mobile phone addiction tendency on depression and stress were moderated by selfesteem.
Conclusion:Mobile phone addiction has a direct and indirect effect on mental health through selfcontrol. With increasing level of selfesteem, effect of mobile phone addiction on mental health tends to become weaker.
