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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025

The relationship between high school English learners' anxiety and their smartphone addiction: evidence from a daily diary approach.

Chengli Zhang, Ying Han, Bingqiang Li, Jing Wang

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Chengli ZhangDepartment of Foreign Languages, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, China.
Ying HanDepartment of Tourism and Management, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, China.
Bingqiang LiSchool of Education, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Education, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, China.

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Background: The issue of smartphone addiction among high school English learners is becoming more and more significant in this era of information technology, and it is directly associated with their anxiety. Methods: To examine the correlation between high school English learners' anxiety level and the severity of smartphone addiction, the anxiety and smartphone addiction levels of high school English learners were explored. SPSS 26 and MPLUS 8.3 were utilized for data analysis. The sample selected by stratified random sampling comprised 248 high school English learners from a high school in Shanxi Province, and a diary survey was conducted for seven consecutive days, obtaining a total of 1,610 valid data points. Results: The findings of the multilevel regression model indicated a substantial correlation between anxiety level and the severity of smartphone addiction among high school English learners. Anxiety level was a substantial favorable indicator of the severity of smartphone addiction; a notable disparity existed in the smartphone addiction levels of males and females; however, no significant difference was observed between the genders regarding the predicted influence of anxiety level on the severity of smartphone addiction. Conclusions: This study examined the effect of anxiety levels on the severity of smartphone addiction and analyzed whether there were gender differences. Based on the results, this study proposes a study on anxiety and smartphone addiction interventions for high school English learners in basic education. The proposal offers evidence from both empirical and theory-based investigations to substantiate the healthy development of high school English learners.

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anxietydaily diary approachEnglish learnerhigh schoolsmartphone addiction

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