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Childhood trauma is associated with mobile phone dependency through self esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Qin Zhang, Xinbo Sun, Mingyue Gao, Li Wang, Chengqi Cao, Binbin Wang, Hejia Yan, Kunlin Zhang

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Qin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Xinbo SunState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Mingyue GaoState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Li WangState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Chengqi CaoState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Binbin WangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Hejia YanState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Kunlin ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. zhangkl@psych.ac.cn.

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82174237
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Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association between childhood trauma and mobile phone dependency among adolescents, as well as the mediating roles of self-esteem and depressive symptoms in this association. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 3,866 middle school students from Guizhou Province, using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF), the Self-Esteem Scale (SES), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI). The results showed: (1) Childhood trauma positively predicted mobile phone dependency in adolescents (β = 0.55, p < 0.001); (2) Self-esteem (β = 0.05, p < 0.001) and depressive symptoms (β = 0.17, p < 0.001) each played a partial mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and mobile phone dependency, accounting for 9.10% and 30.91% of the total effect, respectively; (3) Childhood trauma also indirectly influenced mobile phone dependency through a chain-mediating effect composed of self-esteem and depressive symptoms (β = 0.15, p < 0.001), with an indirect impact accounting for 27.27% of the total. Childhood trauma is not only a significant external factor influencing mobile phone dependency among adolescents but also exerts an indirect effect on such dependency by impacting adolescents' self-esteem and depressive symptoms levels.

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AdolescentsChildhood traumaDepressive symptomsMobile phone dependencySelf-esteem

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PMCPMC13598011

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