ArticlePsychiatry investigation2022
Prevalence of Addictive Behaviors in Medical Students and Their Association With Stress.
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- The relationship between perceived stress and mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- App-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Problematic Smartphone Use During Examination Weeks in University Students: 6-Week Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Observational
- Prevalence and factors associated with resilience in Peruvian adolescent schoolchildren during the early post-pandemic context: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Gender differences in alcohol abuse/dependence among medical undergraduates during the post-COVID‑19 pandemic period (October 20, 2020-April 5, 2021) in China.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Medical students' resilience level and its associated factors: A Tunisian study.La Tunisie medicale · 2023Article
- Problematic Internet Use and Resilience: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Review
- Association of Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors With COVID-19-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Risk Group Among Medical Students.Psychiatry investigation · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to investigate the prevalence of the addictive use of the internet, smartphone, and alcohol in medical students, the association of this addictive use with stress, and the mediating roles of resilience and self-esteem in this association.
methodsA total of 866 medical students completed measures of three addictive uses as well as psychological scales for stress, resilience, and self-esteem. Correlation analyses and parallel mediation analysis were carried out.
resultsThe prevalence of potential-risk and high-risk users was 5.8% and 1.7% for internet use, 5.4% and 2.2% for smartphone use, 22.6% and 5.3% for alcohol use, respectively. All three addictive behaviors tended to increase in terms of prevalence or mean score according to an increase in a students' grade. Stress was positively correlated with internet use (r=0.324, p<0.001) and smartphone use (r=0.347, p<0.001). Resilience and self-esteem were found to be mediators in the association between stress and internet use or smartphone use.
conclusionThese findings suggest that addictions in medical students are as prevalent as in a general population and that internet use and smartphone use may be better explained by a stress-addiction model with resilience and self-esteem as mediators than alcohol use.
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