Mobile phone addiction and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents in China

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Rui Wang¹  Runxu Yang¹  Hailiang Ran³  Xiufeng Xu¹  Guangya Yang⁴  TianLan Wang⁴  Yusan Che⁴  Die Fang⁴  Jin Lu¹  Yuanyuan Xiao³ 

[1] Psychiatric Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University;Yunnan Clinical Research Center for Mental Health;Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University;Psychiatric Department, Lincang Psychiatric Hospita, Lincang

关键词: NSSI;    Mobile phone addiction;    Adolescents;    Repeated NSSI;    Severe NSSI;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.14057

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Background Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has recently widely discussed. Independently, mobile phone addiction (MPA) has also attracted academic attention. A few research have examined the correlation between the two. However, there is inadequate knowledge to characterize this relationship altogether. This study further explores the correlation between MPA and NSSI, specifically repeated and severe NSSI. Method A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 2,719 adolescents in Lincang, Yunnan. The mobile phone addiction index (MPAI) and the Modified Adolescents Self-Harm Survey (MASHS) were administered in combination. The connection between the MPAI and NSSI, as well as both repeated and severe NSSI, was studied using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models. (The copyright holders have permitted the authors to use the MPAI and the MASHS). Results The prevalence of NSSI was 47.11% (95% CI [36.2–58.0%]), and the detection rate of MPA was 11.11% (95% CI [6.7–18.0%]). The prevalence of NSSI among those with MPA was 4.280 times (95% CI [3.480–5.266]) that of respondents not exhibiting MPA. In addition, all subscales of the MPAI, except for the feeling anxious and lost subscale (FALS), were positively correlated with NSSI. Risk factors, represented by odds ratios, of repeated NSSI with the inability to control cravings subscale (ICCS), the FALS, and the withdrawal and escape subscale (WES) was 1.052 (95% CI [1.032–1.072]), 1.028 (95% CI [1.006–1.051]), and 1.048 (95% CI [1.019–1.078]) respectively. Risk factors of these same three subscales for severe NSSI, had odds ratios of 1.048 (95% CI [1.029–1.068]), 1.033 (95% CI [1.009–1.057]), and 1.045 (95% CI [1.018–1.073]). Conclusion MPA was shown to be a risk factor for NSSI in adolescents. Individuals with high scores on the ICCS, the WES, and the FALS were more prone to experience repeated and severe NSSI. As a result, early assessment using the MPAI to determine the need for intervention can contribute to the prediction and prevention of NSSI.

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