scholarly journals Childhood Trauma, Reflective Functioning, and Problematic Mobile Phone Use Among Male and Female Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Musetti ◽  
Francesca Brazzi ◽  
Maria C. Folli ◽  
Giuseppe Plazzi ◽  
Christian Franceschini
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Reflective Functioning ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction

Background: The association between traumatic experiences, different forms of emotion dysregulation and problematic technology uses is well established. However, little is known about the role of childhood traumatic experiences and reflective functioning in the onset and maintenance of mobile phone addiction symptoms among adolescents. Methods: Self-reported measures on childhood traumatic experiences, reflective functioning, and Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) were administered to 466 high school students (47.1% females) aged 13-19 years old. Participants also reported the number of hours per day spent on using a mobile phone. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that increased time spent on the mobile phone, low reflective functioning scores and high childhood trauma scores predicted PMPU scores in the sample. Moreover, two gender-specific pathways were found. Among males, PMPU was positively related to time spent on mobile phone and childhood traumatic experiences and negatively related to reflective functioning. Among females, PMPU was negatively associated with time spent on mobile phone for video gaming and with reflective functioning. Conclusion: These results might have relevant clinical implications in highlighting the importance of planning gender-tailored interventions for adolescents who report mobile phone addiction symptoms.

scholarly journals Interaction of Health Literacy and Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Their Impact on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Yang ◽  
Wan ◽  
Tao ◽  
Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Self Injury

Abstract: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is prevalent among adolescents. Low health literacy (HL) and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) are risk factors of NSSI. But so far, no study has examined the interactive role of HL and PMPU on NSSI. In this context, the present study aimed to examine the interactions of HL and PMPU and their impact on NSSI in a school-based sample of Chinese adolescents. A total of 22,628 junior and high school students (10,990 males and 11,638 females) were enrolled in this study. The outcomes were self-reported HL, PMPU and NSSI. Analyses were conducted with chi-square tests and logistic regression models. The prevalence of NSSI was 32.1%. Low HL and PMPU were significantly associated with NSSI independently (ORlow HL = 1.886, 95% CI = 1.723–2.065, ORPMPU = 2.062, 95% CI = 1.934–2.199). Interaction analysis indicated that low HL and PMPU were interactively associated with increased risks of NSSI (OR = 2.617, 95% CI = 2.375–2.884). In all, our findings indicate that HL and PMPU are associated with NSSI independently and interactively. The intervention programs of NSSI should consider the adolescents HL levels and PMPU.

scholarly journals Mobile phones as life and thought companions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZhiMin Xiao
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Will Power

According to adults who ban adolescent interactions with mobile phones in Chinese high schools, students ‘addicted’ to mobile phones lack will power and schools without a restrictive policy on mobile phone use among students on campus are ‘poor’ in quality. Upon analysis of data from 45 semi-structured interviews with second-year high school students from urban, rural, and Tibetan regions of China, this study finds that the consequences of mobile phone use are not always pre-determined. Teens do not merely use their phones to connect; they also treat them as ‘life’ and ‘thought’ companions, which they invest with feelings and thoughts that animate life experiences and catalyse healthy development. The wholesale ban on mobile phone use in school is destined to fail and risks blinding parents and educators to potential benefits the technology has to offer, for it overlooks the value of mobile phones as objects of ‘passion’ and ‘reason’, ignores the opportunity to engage with teens who make visible online the problems they struggle with offline, and disregards the need for empathic imagination.

scholarly journals Investigation of Nomophobia Levels of Vocational School Students According to Demographic Characteristics and Intelligent Phone Use Habits

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Ezgi Pelin Yildiz ◽  
Metin Çengel ◽  
Ayşe Alkan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Strongly Agree

Nomophobia, which is accepted as the disease of today, is defined as the fear of being deprived of mobile phone. The aim of this study is to reveal the changes of nomophobia levels of Vocational School students according to demographic characteristics and smartphone usage habits. The study group consisted of 250 students studying at Hendek Vocational School of Sakarya University. The research was conducted in relational survey model. In this research, Measuring Problematic Mobile Phone Use: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the PUMP Scale developed by Stone and Bibbey (2013) was used as data collection tool. The scale consists of 20 items, 5-point Likert scale “Strongly Disagree-Disagree-Undecided-Agree-Strongly Agree” was used in answering the scale items. The scale supports a single factor structure. Internal consistency coefficient was found to be excellent (α = .94) and strong correlations between items (

scholarly journals The Relationship between Mobile Phone Addiction and Depression and Hopelessness among High School Students in Divandareh city in 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Karo Servatyari ◽  
Pooya Valizadeh Ardalan ◽  
Shima Yazdanpanah ◽  
Hero Yazdanpanah ◽  
Milad Parkalian
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
The Relationship

Mobile Phone Addiction: Evidence from Empirical Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S26-S27 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kuss
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionRecent technological innovations have led to a proliferation of mobile and smartphones, which have become the cornerstone of modern societies in the 21st Century in terms of communication, notifications and entertainment. Latest research however suggests that with the advantages offered by mobile technologies, smartphone use today may have a significant impact on mental health and well being. Overuse has been associated with stress, anxiety, depression and addiction.ObjectivesThis talk aims to highlight results of current mobile phone addiction research.AimsTo replicate and extend earlier research with regards to psychopathology (depression, anxiety and stress), mobile phone use and age on problematic mobile phone use and addiction.MethodsIndividuals aged 16 and above participated in an online study that contained a pool of validated psychometric measures. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling.ResultsCalls per day, time spent on the phone and using social media significantly predicted prohibited and dependent mobile phone use, whereas stress predicted dependent use only. Anxiety and depression did not significantly predict problematic mobile phone use. Findings also revealed that problematic mobile phone use is prevalent across all ages and both genders.ConclusionsThe current results have implications for addiction to using mobile phones, and suggest teachers, parents and affected individuals may benefit from awareness and prevention efforts, respectively.This talk is based on Kuss, D.J. et al. (2016). Problematic mobile phone use and addiction: The roles of psychopathology, mobile phone use and age. Under review, and was funded by the British Academy and NTU.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals The Effect of Loneliness in Psychological and Behavioral Profile among High School Students in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Alexandra Martín-Rodríguez ◽  
Jose Francisco Tornero-Aguilera ◽  
Pedro Javier López-Pérez ◽  
Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Smoking Habits ◽  
Psychological Inflexibility ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Behavioral Profile ◽  
Mental Health Factors

Loneliness is a distressing feeling that can be a barrier to a student’s development and affect their mental health. This research aimed to analyse the effects of loneliness on psychological and behavioral factors among students aged 12–19 years in Spain. Loneliness, experiential avoidance, psychological inflexibility, physical activity, mobile phone use, and smoke habits were analysed in a sample of 110 men and 122 women assigned into two groups depending on their loneliness levels: higher loneliness group (HLG) and lower loneliness group (LLG). Results showed that experimental avoidance and psychological inflexibility were related with loneliness (r = 0.471; p = 0.000). Experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility were higher in HLG than LLG. Regarding the use of mobile phones and smoking habits, LLG presented significantly higher values than HLG. Higher age correlated with lower loneliness values (r = −0.155; p = 0.017). The present research found how students with higher loneliness presented higher experiential avoidance and psychological inflexibility and lower age, use of mobile phone, and smoking habits. These findings reveal the importance of considering multiple social behaviours when examining adolescent mental health factors.

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