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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Self-esteem mediates the relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction of Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study.

Yuanyuan Ke, Xiuxia Liu, Xue Xu, Bingchen He, Jinfu Wang, Lijun Zuo, Haiyun Wang, Guan Yang

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yuanyuan Ke *School of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiuxia Liu *Department of Physical Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Xue XuSchool of Finance and Economy, Guangdong Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Bingchen HeSchool of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jinfu WangSchool of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Lijun ZuoSchool of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Haiyun WangSchool of Physical Education, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guan YangSchool of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
South China University of Technology · CNGuangdong Polytechnic Normal University · CNGuangzhou College of CommerceXiamen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Smartphone addiction, as a key topic in the current field of behavioral addictions and public health, has brought many negative impacts on the physical, psychological, interpersonal communication, and even academic performance among contemporary college students. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to offer ideas for solving smartphone addiction among college students through investigating the potential mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction. Methods: By the quota sampling, a cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate 650 college students from 10 colleges in Guangzhou Higher Mega Center, and several self-reported instruments including physical activity rating scale-3 (PARS-3), mobile phone addiction tendency scale (MPATS), self-esteem scale (SES) were used to collect the related data needed for the present study. The descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, and mediating effect analysis in this study were performed in turn. Results: The results showed that physical activity ( Conclusion: The current study shows that physical activity could not only directly reduce smartphone addiction, but also decrease smartphone addiction by indirectly improving self-esteem, which is important in practice for solving this troublesome issue and then gradually developing a healthy behavior in daily life for college students in China, and even across the world in near future.

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a cross-sectional studybehavioral addictioncollege studentsmediating effectphysical activityself-esteemsmartphone addiction

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PMID38250119
PMCPMC10797096
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