Data_Sheet_1_Association between mobile phone addiction and social support among mainland Chinese teenagers: A meta-analysis.PDF

BackgroundMobile phone addiction brings many adverse effects to teenagers, such as physical health problems, emotional problems, and academic failure, and studies have found that social support is an important influencing factor. Therefore, considering institutional, cultural and economic differences, we aimed to investigate the association between mobile phone addiction and social support among mainland Chinese teenagers, and explored the moderators affecting the relation.
MethodsBased on the PRISMA method, a meta-analysis was applied to quantitatively synthesize relevant findings to obtain reliable estimates of effect sizes and conduct moderator analyses.
ResultsIn total, 92 studies involving 59,716 participants and 92 effect sizes were identified by a systematic literature search. A significant low degree of negative correlation was found between mobile phone addiction and social support (r = −0.174, 95%CI = −0.213 to −0.134, p < 0.001, I2 = 96.1%). Moreover, the present meta-analysis observed significant moderating effects of participants' gender, and region on the association between social support and mobile phone addiction.
ConclusionThis study suggests that the mobile phone addiction level of teenagers could be reduced by increasing social support, and actions to improve their social support levels should be proposed based on their gender and regional differences.
Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021276672.

研究背景：手机成瘾（mobile phone addiction）会对青少年造成诸多不良影响，诸如身体健康问题、情绪障碍以及学业失败等。已有研究证实，社会支持（social support）是影响手机成瘾的重要因素。鉴于不同地区在制度、文化与经济层面存在差异，本研究旨在探讨中国大陆青少年手机成瘾与社会支持之间的关联，并分析该关联的调节变量。
研究方法：基于PRISMA规范，本研究采用元分析（meta-analysis）方法对相关研究成果进行定量综合，以获取可靠的效应量估计值，并开展调节效应分析。
研究结果：通过系统文献检索，本研究共纳入92项相关研究，涉及59716名被试，共92个效应量。分析结果显示，青少年手机成瘾与社会支持之间存在显著的低度负相关（r = -0.174，95%置信区间CI：-0.213 ~ -0.134，p < 0.001，I² = 96.1%）。此外，本元分析发现，被试的性别与地域在社会支持与手机成瘾的关联中存在显著的调节效应。
研究结论：本研究表明，提升社会支持水平可降低青少年的手机成瘾程度，且应结合青少年的性别与地域差异，制定针对性的社会支持优化策略。
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