Prevalence and correlates of problematic smartphone use in a large random sample of Chinese undergraduates

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 408
• Main Authors: Long, Jiang, Liu, Tie-Qiao, Liao, Yan-Hui, Qi, Chang, He, Hao-Yu, Chen, Shu-Bao, Billieux, Joël
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.11.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Care and treatment; Cellular telephones; China - epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Problem Behavior - psychology; Psychiatry; Risk Factors; Smart phones; Smartphone - statistics & numerical data; Smartphones; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic factors; Stress (Psychology); Stress management; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; China; Mobile phone problematic use; Mobile phone addiction; Smartphone addiction; Prediction; Problematic smartphone use; Perceived stress; Perfectionism; Risk factors

Smartphones are becoming a daily necessity for most undergraduates in Mainland China. Because the present scenario of problematic smartphone use (PSU) is largely unexplored, in the current study we aimed to estimate the prevalence of PSU and to screen suitable predictors for PSU among Chinese underg...