Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships
Abstract The literature has shown that mobile phone addiction is an important risk factor for depression. However, the internal mechanisms of mobile phone addiction leading to depression are still not clear. This study examined the mediating role of sleep quality and moderating role of peer relation...
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| author | Ziyi Feng Yucong Diao Hongfei Ma Minghui Liu Meijun Long Shuang Zhao Hui Wu Yang Wang |
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| description | Abstract The literature has shown that mobile phone addiction is an important risk factor for depression. However, the internal mechanisms of mobile phone addiction leading to depression are still not clear. This study examined the mediating role of sleep quality and moderating role of peer relationships in the association between mobile phone addiction and depression. A sample of 450 Chinese medical students were recruited to complete measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, sleep quality and peer relationships. In this study, SPSS 25.0 and macro PROCESS were used to conduct statistical analysis on the collected data. The results showed that sleep quality partially mediated the association between mobile phone addiction and depression. Moreover, the effect of sleep quality on depression was moderated by peer relationships. The present study can advance our understanding of how and when mobile phone addiction leads to depression. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c69346a011d141d4bdb48415646bb3a72022-12-22T03:05:49ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2022-08-0122111010.1186/s12888-022-04183-9Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationshipsZiyi Feng0Yucong Diao1Hongfei Ma2Minghui Liu3Meijun Long4Shuang Zhao5Hui Wu6Yang Wang7Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityDepartment of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical UniversityAbstract The literature has shown that mobile phone addiction is an important risk factor for depression. However, the internal mechanisms of mobile phone addiction leading to depression are still not clear. This study examined the mediating role of sleep quality and moderating role of peer relationships in the association between mobile phone addiction and depression. A sample of 450 Chinese medical students were recruited to complete measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, sleep quality and peer relationships. In this study, SPSS 25.0 and macro PROCESS were used to conduct statistical analysis on the collected data. The results showed that sleep quality partially mediated the association between mobile phone addiction and depression. Moreover, the effect of sleep quality on depression was moderated by peer relationships. The present study can advance our understanding of how and when mobile phone addiction leads to depression. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04183-9Mobile phone addictionDepressionPeer relationshipsSleep qualityMedical students |
| spellingShingle | Ziyi Feng Yucong Diao Hongfei Ma Minghui Liu Meijun Long Shuang Zhao Hui Wu Yang Wang Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships BMC Psychiatry Mobile phone addiction Depression Peer relationships Sleep quality Medical students |
| title | Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| title_full | Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| title_fullStr | Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| title_short | Mobile phone addiction and depression among Chinese medical students: the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| title_sort | mobile phone addiction and depression among chinese medical students the mediating role of sleep quality and the moderating role of peer relationships |
| topic | Mobile phone addiction Depression Peer relationships Sleep quality Medical students |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04183-9 |
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