ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2023
Effects of Physical Activity on Mobile Phone Addiction Among College Students: The Chain-Based Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and E-Health Literacy.
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- The mediating role of self-control between physical activity and mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- The mechanism of physical exercise and adolescent short-form video app addiction: the chain mediating role of autonomous motivation and mental health literacy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and exercise self-efficacy among university students.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction in College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cross-lagged panel relationship between physical activity atmosphere, psychological resilience and mobile phone addiction on college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effects of mobile phone addiction on learning engagement of Chinese college students - the mediating role of physical activity and academic self-efficacy.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exercise before braces: the mediating effect of pain on the association between physical activity and self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between mobile phone addiction and physical activity behavior among university students: the mediating role of bedtime procrastination.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of physical exercise on mindfulness level among female college students: the mediating effect of mobile phone addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- How physical activity protects against smartphone addiction: examining the mediating pathways of resilience and subjective wellbeing in Chinese university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Media dependency, platform-swinging, and psychological depression among young college students in the polymedia environment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The effects of mobile phone addiction on bedtime procrastination in university students: the masking effect of physical activity and anxiety.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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- Influence of physical activity on problematic smartphone use in medical students: mediating effects of social anxiety and the moderating role of gender.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Smartphones have become an important tool for college students' study and life, but mobile phone addiction caused by excessive dependence use of cell phones can have serious negative impacts on college students' mental health, life behaviors, and so on. It is urgent to explore the causes and influence mechanisms of college students' cell phone addiction. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical exercise and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students and the mediating role of negative affect and e-health literacy between the two. Methods: The stratified sampling method was used to investigate the physical activity, mobile phone addiction, negative emotion and e-health literacy of 4621 university students in Jiangsu Province using the Physical Activity Rating scale, Mobile Phone Addiction scale, Depression-anxiety-stress scale and E-Health Literacy scale, Thus the data were statistically analysed using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 23.0. Results: (1) Physical exercise was significantly negatively correlated with mobile phone addiction and negative emotion among college students ( Conclusion: This study explored the potential mechanisms of cell phone addiction in college students and found that physical activity can influence Internet addiction through the independent mediating effect including the chain mediating effect of negative emotions and e-health literacy. This study further reveals the mechanism of action of physical exercise affecting college students' cell phone addiction, and provides some reference value for the prevention and intervention of college students cell phone addiction.
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