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 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 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 Interaction between Physical Activity and Problematic Mobile Phone Use on Suicidality in Chinese College Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Xie ◽  
Ming Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyan Wu ◽  
Shuman Tao ◽  
Yajuan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use

Abstract Background: Previous researches have found a relationship between problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and suicidality. However, few studies have examined the interaction effects between low physical activity (PA) and PMPU on suicidality among college students. This study aimed to examine the interactions of PA and PMPU and their impacts on suicidality in a school-based sample among Chinese college students. Methods: Analysis was based on data from two universities in China, which recruited 4,787 participants. Binary logistic regression models were used to explore the associations of PA, PMPU with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, as well as the interactions of PA and PMPU on suicidality. Results: The prevalence of suicide attempt and suicidal ideation were 3.5% and 7.2%, respectively. Low PA was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR=3.48, 95%CI: 2.52-4.81) and suicidal ideation (OR=1.90, 95%CI: 1.46-2.46). PMPU was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR=3.65, 95%CI: 2.66-5.01) and suicidal ideation (OR=2.83, 95%CI: 2.25-3.54). Interaction analysis indicated that low PA and PMPU were interactively associated with suicide attempt (OR=9.51, 95%CI: 6.15-14.73), RERI=4.85(1.20-8.50), AP=0.51(0.29-0.73), SI=2.32(1.34-4.04). There were no additive interaction effects between PA and PMPU on suicidal ideation.Conclusions: The findings reveal that PA levels and PMPU should be considered in the intervention programs of suicide attempt among college students.

scholarly journals Interaction between Physical Activity and Problematic Mobile Phone Use on suicidality in Chinese College Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Xie ◽  
Ming Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyan Wu ◽  
Shuman Tao ◽  
Yajuan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Problematic Mobile Phone Use

Abstract Background Previous research has found a relationship between problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and suicidality. However, few studies have examined the interaction effects between low physical activity (PA) and PMPU on suicidality among college students. This study aimed to examine the interactions of PA and PMPU and their impact on suicidality in a school-based sample among Chinese college students. Methods Analysis is based on date from two university in China, which recruited 4,787 participants. Binomial logistic regression models were used to explore the associations of PA, PMPU with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, as well as the interaction of PA and PMPU with suicidality. Results The prevalence of suicide attempt and suicidal ideation were 3.5% and 7.2%, respectively. Low PA was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR = 3.48, 95%CI: 2.52–4.81) and suicidal ideation (OR = 1.90, 95%CI: 1.46–2.46). PMPU was significantly associated with suicide attempt (OR = 3.65, 95%CI: 2.66–5.01) and suicidal ideation (OR = 2.83, 95%CI: 2.25–3.54). Interaction analysis indicated that low PA and PMPU were interactively associated with suicide attempt (OR = 9.51, 95%CI: 6.15–14.73, P < 0.001), RERI = 4.85(1.20–8.50), AP = 0.51(0.29–0.73), SI = 2.32(1.34–4.04). There was no additive interaction effects between PA and PMPU on suicidal ideation. Conclusions The findings reveals that the intervention programs of suicide attempt should consider the students PA levels and PMPU.

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