Mental health status and internet-surfing behavior among rural adolescents / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
;
(12): 148-154, 2018.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-703995
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of mental health status and internet-surfing behavior among rural adolescents in Sichuan province,and explore the mutual effects between mental health status and internet-surfing behavior.Methods:
Totally 2745 junior and senior high school students of grade seven and grade ten from two rural schools were selected.Mental health status,self-esteem and social support of students were assessed with Mental Health Inventory of Middle-school students (MMHI),Rosenberg self-esteem scale (SES) and social support rating scale (SSRS) respectively.Demographic characteristics,internet-surfing behavior were obtained using cross-sectional survey.Non-recursive structural equation model was applied to analyze the effects of other variables on mental health status and internet-surfing behavior and the mutual effects between them.Results:
The mean score of MMHIwas (2.1 ±0.7),and the dimensions including academic stress (2.4 ±0.9),emotional instability (2.4 ±0.8) and anxiety (2.4 ± 1.0) got the top three.The total prevalence of long-time internet-surfing was 32.8% (899/2745).The structural equation model showed that female and increasing age had positive effects on score of MMHI (β =0.058,0.058,P < 0.001),and male and increasing age positively influenced internet-surfing behavior (β =-0.171,0.149,P < 0.001).The scores of SES and S SRS were directly negatively related to the score of MMHI (β =-0.300,-0.263,P < 0.001),and indirectly negatively affect internetsurfing behavior through the mediating effect of mental health (βi =-0.074,-0.065,P < 0.010).The score of MMHI had positively effects on long-time internet-surfing behavior (β =0.246,P < 0.001),and long-time internetsurfing behavior had positively effects on the score of MMHI in reverse (β =0.008,P < 0.001),but much weaker.Conclusion:
There are mild mental health problem among rural adolescents,and internet-surfing behaviors are prevalent among this population.Poor mental health and long-time internet-surfing behavior are risk factors mutually.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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