Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relation with psychological distress and internet gaming disorder among medical college students

• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1362121
• Publication Date: 2024-06-03T18:05:42Z
• Authors: Ming Zhang; Chenru Chi; Qingwei Liu; Yuhao Zhang; Xiubin Tao; Huan Liu; Bin Xuan
• Keywords: Internet addiction disorder; Behavioral addiction

Background The incidence of smartphone addiction has been widely studied, but the research on relationship between and psychological distress internet gaming disorder is limited. This study investigated characteristics prevalence its relation with disorder. Furthermore, it provides scientific basis for intervention measures in schools, families, society. Methods A random cluster sampling method was applied to investigate 656 medical students from grades 1 4 at Wannan Medical College Anhui province, People’s Republic China. questionnaire consisted general information, a scale, an Internet Kessler 6-item test. obtained results were first summarized using descriptive statistics. Chi-square test used compare status addiction. Binary logistic regression analyze various variables. Results Our showed that 49.5% (325/656). Psychological ( p < 0.001), childhood trauma = 0.001) highly correlated students. distress, positively associated 0.000). Conclusion high among Chinese. Smartphone related distress.