How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support
BackgroundRecent studies have highlighted mobile phone addiction (MPA) as a potential risk of suicidal ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying that association require attention.ObjectiveThis investigation aims to examine whether the relationship between MPA and suicidal ideation would be media...
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| description | BackgroundRecent studies have highlighted mobile phone addiction (MPA) as a potential risk of suicidal ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying that association require attention.ObjectiveThis investigation aims to examine whether the relationship between MPA and suicidal ideation would be mediated by depression, and buffered by online social support (OSS) in university students.MethodsA convenient sample of 1,042 Chinese university students completed the measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, suicidal ideation, OSS in classroom settings. Moderated mediation analyses were performed to test the roles of depression and OSS in the association between MPA and suicidal ideation.ResultsMPA was positively associated with suicidal ideation through depression (indirect effect =. 23, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.28, p < 0.001); OSS moderated the association between depression and suicidal ideation (B = − 0.09, 95% CI: −0.13, −0.04, p < 0.001). Specifically, the effect of depression on suicidal ideation was weaker in individuals with high (versus low) OSS. OSS moderated the association between MPA and suicidal ideation (B = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.10, p = 0.001). The influence of MPA on suicidal ideation was non-significant among individuals with high OSS but negatively significant among students with low OSS.ConclusionThe results enrich the understanding of how MPA may increase suicidal ideation, and highlight the potential importance of reducing depression and enhancing OSS to prevent suicidal ideation in university students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edfb7e6bfab6435f8c5a3de2facfa8cc2022-12-23T07:08:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10012801001280How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social supportHuahua Hu0Xue Yang1Xue Yang2Phoenix K. H. Mo3Phoenix K. H. Mo4Chengjia Zhao5Beibei Kuang6Guohua Zhang7Guohua Zhang8Guangyao Lin9School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ChinaSchool of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ChinaThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ChinaThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, ChinaCollege of International Relation, National University of Defense Technology, Nanjing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, ChinaThe Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, ChinaThe Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, ChinaBackgroundRecent studies have highlighted mobile phone addiction (MPA) as a potential risk of suicidal ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying that association require attention.ObjectiveThis investigation aims to examine whether the relationship between MPA and suicidal ideation would be mediated by depression, and buffered by online social support (OSS) in university students.MethodsA convenient sample of 1,042 Chinese university students completed the measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, suicidal ideation, OSS in classroom settings. Moderated mediation analyses were performed to test the roles of depression and OSS in the association between MPA and suicidal ideation.ResultsMPA was positively associated with suicidal ideation through depression (indirect effect =. 23, 95% CI: 0.18, 0.28, p < 0.001); OSS moderated the association between depression and suicidal ideation (B = − 0.09, 95% CI: −0.13, −0.04, p < 0.001). Specifically, the effect of depression on suicidal ideation was weaker in individuals with high (versus low) OSS. OSS moderated the association between MPA and suicidal ideation (B = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.10, p = 0.001). The influence of MPA on suicidal ideation was non-significant among individuals with high OSS but negatively significant among students with low OSS.ConclusionThe results enrich the understanding of how MPA may increase suicidal ideation, and highlight the potential importance of reducing depression and enhancing OSS to prevent suicidal ideation in university students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1001280/fullmobile phone addictionsuicidal ideationdepressiononline social supportChinese university students |
| spellingShingle | Huahua Hu Xue Yang Xue Yang Phoenix K. H. Mo Phoenix K. H. Mo Chengjia Zhao Beibei Kuang Guohua Zhang Guohua Zhang Guangyao Lin How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support Frontiers in Psychology mobile phone addiction suicidal ideation depression online social support Chinese university students |
| title | How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support |
| title_full | How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support |
| title_fullStr | How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support |
| title_full_unstemmed | How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support |
| title_short | How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in China: Roles of depression and online social support |
| title_sort | how mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation in university students in china roles of depression and online social support |
| topic | mobile phone addiction suicidal ideation depression online social support Chinese university students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1001280/full |
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