The severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in Chinese university students

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Lu Li¹  Grace K.I. Lok²  Song Li Mei⁴  Xi Ling Cui⁵  Lin Li⁶  Chee H. Ng⁷  Gabor S. Ungvari⁸  Juan Zhang^1,10  Feng Rong An^1,11  Yu Tao Xiang² 

[1] The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University ,(Guangzhou Huiai Hospital);Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau;Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau;School of Public Health, Jilin University;Department of Business Administration, Hong Kong Shue Yan University;Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University;Department of Psychiatry, The Melbourne Clinic and St Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne;University of Notre Dame Australia;Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia;Faculty of Education, University of Macau;The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders;Beijing Anding Hospital & The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection

关键词: Mobile phone use;    Quality of life;    University students;    China;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.8859

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Objective This study examined the severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life (QOL) in Chinese university students. Methods A total of 2,312 university students from Macao, Hong Kong and mainland China participated in this cross-sectional study. The Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (MPAS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) rating instruments were used to assess the severity of mobile phone addiction and QOL, respectively. Results Compared to students in mainland China, those in Macao and Hong Kong were more likely to have excessive mobile phone use. Multiple linear regression revealed that high academic pressure and poor academic performance were positively associated, while male gender, greater interest in academic major and long sleep duration were negatively associated with the severity of mobile phone addiction. Students addicted to mobile phone use had significantly lower scores across all QOL domains. Conclusion Due to the adverse impact of excessive mobile phone use on QOL, public education and effective preventive measures should be developed for Chinese university students.

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