An analysis of the correlation between the changing trends of mobile phone addiction and unhealthy psychological problems of college students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.10.017
- VernacularTitle:高校大学生手机成瘾变化趋势与不良心理问题的关联
- Author:
QIAO Ruihong, MIAO Qiuxiang
1
Author Information
1. Department of Ideology and Politics, Henan Medical College, Zhengzhou(451191), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Behavior,addictive;
Cellular phone;
Mental health;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2021;42(10):1516-1517
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the relationship between college students with different mobile phone addiction trends and adverse psychological problems such as depression and anxiety, so as to provide references for college students mental health intervention and prevention of mobile phone addiction.
Methods:From 2018 to 2019, 1 824 college students from two universities in Henan were investigated for 5 follow up surveys of mobile phone addiction, depression, and anxiety, to understand the change trajectory of college students mobile phone addiction and its relationship with depression and anxiety.
Results:The average score of mobile phone addiction among college students was (43.19±5.51) points, the detection rate of anxiety was 34.21%, and the detection rate of depression was 40.73%. In different urban and rural areas, class rankings, and sleep time, the differences in the scores of mobile phone addiction among college students were statistically significant ( F =3.65, 3.79, 3.82, P <0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with students in the mobile phone addiction group with a stable change trend, the high addiction increased group ( OR =3.21,95% CI =2.33-4.41) and the low addiction rapidly increased group ( OR=8.39，95%CI =5.08-13.78) had a higher risk of anxiety ( P <0.01), the high addiction increased group ( OR=3.31，95%CI =2.39-4.51), the low addiction rapidly increased group ( OR=4.51，95%CI =2.81-7.15) had a higher risk of depression ( P <0.01).
Conclusion:Colleges and universities should pay attention to the problem of mobile phone addiction among college students, especially those with a high concentration of mobile phone addiction, so as to effectively reduce the negative psychological problems of college students such as depression and anxiety.
