Journal article
Mobile phone addiction in Tibetan and Han Chinese adolescents
L Lu, DD Xu, HZ Liu, L Zhang, CH Ng, GS Ungvari, WT Wu, YF Xiang, FR An, YT Xiang
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12336
Abstract
Purpose: To compare mobile phone addiction (MPA) patterns between Tibetan and Han adolescents in China. Design and Methods: The study was carried out in two provinces of China. The Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (MPAS) was used to assess MPA. Findings: Seven hundred and five Tibetan and 606 Han students participated in the study. The MPAS total score was 24.4 ± 11.4 in the whole sample; 27.3 ± 10.8 and 20.9 ± 11.2 in Tibetan and Han students, respectively. Quality of life (QOL) in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains was negatively associated with MPA. Practice Implications: Compared with Han students, Tibetan students were found to have more severe MPA. Given its neg..
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Funding Acknowledgements
National Key Research & Development Program of China, Grant/Award Number: 2016YFC1307200; Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals' Ascent Plan, Grant/Award Number: DFL20151801; Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support, Grant/Award Number: ZYLX201607; University of Macau, Grant/Award Numbers: MYRG2016-00005-FHS, MYRG201500230-FHS