ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support.
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- Association between smartphone addiction, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt: a systematic review.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
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- Patterns of smartphone dependence and predictive factors in Chinese college freshmen: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Left-behind experience and mobile phone addiction among college students: A moderated mediation of social anxiety and sex.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Suicidal Ideation Among Rural Adolescents in China.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Moderating Effect of Variables Associated with Positive Mental Health in a Mediation Model on Depression among College Students: Protocol for a Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of Learning Burnout on Mobile Phone Dependence Among Adolescents in Western China Under the "Double Reduction" Policy: The Mediating Role of Social Support.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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- Associations of mobile phone addiction with suicide ideation and suicide attempt: findings from six universities in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Recent studies have highlighted mobile phone addiction (MPA) as a potential risk of suicidal ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying that association require attention. Objective: This investigation aims to examine whether the relationship between MPA and suicidal ideation would be mediated by depression, and buffered by online social support (OSS) in university students. Methods: A convenient sample of 1,042 Chinese university students completed the measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, suicidal ideation, OSS in classroom settings. Moderated mediation analyses were performed to test the roles of depression and OSS in the association between MPA and suicidal ideation. Results: MPA was positively associated with suicidal ideation through depression ( Conclusion: The results enrich the understanding of how MPA may increase suicidal ideation, and highlight the potential importance of reducing depression and enhancing OSS to prevent suicidal ideation in university students.
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