ArticleIranian journal of public health2023
Analysis on the Relationships of Smartphone Addiction, Learning Engagement, Depression, and Anxiety: Evidence from China.
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- Impact of digital addiction on youth health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- A Network Analysis of Smartphone Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, Sleep, and Learning Engagement in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction and learning engagement: a parallel mediation model of time management disposition and academic burnout among nursing undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- "If I can get my work done, I'm not addicted to my phone": Investigating smartphone use among language students.PloS one · 2026Article
- The role of socioemotional skills and phone dependency in predicting patterns of school engagement and burnout among primary school students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: With the popularization of the Internet and smartphones, smartphone addiction among college students is becoming increasingly common, causing the problems of their learning engagement, anxiety, and depression. The study aimed to analyze the relationships of smartphone addiction, learning engagement, anxiety and depression among Chinese college students. Method: Based on the Self-Determination Theory, in January 2023, 780 college students from 6 universities in Heilongjiang Province in China were selected as examples for the study. Internet Addiction Test, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student, Chinese version of Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory were employed to measure smartphone use, learning engagement, depression, and anxiety among college students. Pearson correlation and multiple logistic regressions were also used. Results: Smartphone use was negatively correlated with learning engagement (r = -0.097, Conclusion: The intervention and prevention of college students' smartphone addiction can improve their learning engagement, relieve their anxiety and depression, and enhance their mental health level.
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