Associations between Problematic Smartphone Use, Unhealthy Behaviors, and Mental Health Status in Korean Adolescents: Based on Data from the 13th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2017)

Kim, Hae Ran; Han, Mi Ah

doi:10.30773/pi.2020.0007

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“…The risk of suicidal ideation, suicide planning, and suicide attempt was higher among those with inadequate sleep, smokers, alcohol users, drug users, and those with smartphone overdependence. These are similar to the ndings of previous Korea-based studies, where the risks of suicidal ideation, suicide planning, and suicide attempt were found to be higher among female students than male students [32][33][34]. A possible reason for this is that male students tend to interpret an event cognitively, while female students are more heavily in uenced by and sensitive to the emotional aspects of the event [34,35].…”

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confidence: 89%

Mental Health of Korean Adolescents in the Era of COVID-19: Web-based Survey Focused on Suicide-related Factors

Jeong

Park

Kim

2022

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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has negatively impacted many aspects of life. In particular, measures for combatting the spread of the virus, such as quarantining and restrictions on social gatherings, may have led to psychological anxiety and depressive symptoms among adolescents. Such mental health impacts may increase the risk of suicidal ideation. This study aimed to examine mental health among adolescents amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, and identify and analyze predictors of suicidal ideation, suicide planning, and suicide attempts.Methods: Data for 57,925 adolescents who participated in the 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey were used for this research. Based on their responses to suicide-related questions, the sample was divided into a healthy group, suicide-ideation group, suicide-planning group, and suicide-attempt group, respectively. The groups’ descriptive statistics were then analyzed. An analysis of covariance, post-hoc tests, and multiple logistic regression were performed on the four groups.Results: Overall, 6.9% of the participants reported suicidal ideation, 2.2% reported planning suicide, and 1.9% reported attempting suicide in the previous 12 months. Stress, sadness and despair, loneliness, and generalized anxiety disorder were all highest in the suicide-attempt group and lowest in the healthy group. Sex, academic achievement, economic status, impact of COVID-19 on economic status, sleep, alcohol use, drug use, smartphone overdependence, and suicide-associated factors significantly predicted adolescents’ mental health status. Conclusions: Amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, there is a strong need for various individualized programs that identify and intervene to support adolescents with a suicidal risk by accurately assessing their mental health risk factors, such as stress, sadness and despair, loneliness, and generalized anxiety disorder.

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confidence: 89%

Mental Health of Korean Adolescents in the Era of COVID-19: Web-based Survey Focused on Suicide-related Factors

Jeong

Park

Kim

2022

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“…Previous studies have shown that different types of stressful life events have different effects on mental health problems. For example, some studies have found that interpersonal stress and academic stress are associated with depressive symptoms, sleep quality, suicidal ideation, and PSU (81)(82)(83); another study showed that punishment significantly predicted depressive symptoms, but have no effects on poor sleep quality and suicidal ideation (84). Future research should examine the effects of specific types of stressful life events on different mental health problems.…”

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confidence: 99%

Longitudinal Effects of Stressful Life Events on Problematic Smartphone Use and the Mediating Roles of Mental Health Problems in Chinese Undergraduate Students

Zhao

Ding

Yang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background and Aims: This three-wave longitudinal study investigated the effects of stressful life events on problematic smartphone use and the mediating roles of mental health problems (i.e., depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality, and suicidal ideation) in Chinese undergraduate students.Methods: A total of 197 undergraduate students completed the three-wave surveys. Their severity of stressful life events, mental health problems, and problematic smartphone use were assessed.Results: Regression analyses revealed that stressful life events at T1 was significantly associated with problematic smartphone use at T3. Mediation analyses showed that mental health problems (i.e., depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality, and suicidal ideation) at T2 fully mediated the association between stressful life events at T1 and problematic smartphone use at T3 (B = 0.042, 0.034, and 0.022, respectively).Conclusions: The present study revealed that stressful life events and mental health problems (i.e., depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality, and suicidal ideation) are predictors of problematic smartphone use in Chinese college students.

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“…There is no evidence from one study ( n = 54,603, some concerns) that using a smartphone for social media and chatting compared with education purposes affects stress 43 …”

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Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review

Blanchard,

Conway‐Moore,

Aguiar

et al. 2023

Obesity Reviews

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SummarySocial media use is integral to many adolescents' lives. It brings benefits but can also have detrimental effects on both physical and mental health. We conducted a systematic review examining associations between social media use, adolescent mental health (including body image, self‐esteem, stress, interpersonal relationships and loneliness, anxiety, and depressive symptoms), and dietary outcomes. Quantitative studies published between 2019 and 2023 investigating both mental health and diet were searched in 11 databases. The risk of bias was appraised using ROBINS‐E. Data were narratively synthesized by type of association, PROGRESS‐Plus health equity characteristics, and related to social media influencers. Twenty‐one studies were included, of which only one focused on influencers. Sex/gender was the only equity characteristic assessed (n = 8), with mixed results. The findings suggest significant positive correlations between social media use and both depressive and disordered eating symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and anxiety. Four studies identified body image, self‐esteem, or anxiety as moderators acting between social media exposure and dietary outcomes. Policy interventions mitigating the impact of social media on adolescents—particularly body image and disordered eating—are needed, alongside follow‐up studies on causal pathways, the role of influencers, equity impacts, dietary intake, and the best measurement tools to use.

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Associations between Problematic Smartphone Use, Unhealthy Behaviors, and Mental Health Status in Korean Adolescents: Based on Data from the 13th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2017)

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

Mental Health of Korean Adolescents in the Era of COVID-19: Web-based Survey Focused on Suicide-related Factors

Mental Health of Korean Adolescents in the Era of COVID-19: Web-based Survey Focused on Suicide-related Factors

Longitudinal Effects of Stressful Life Events on Problematic Smartphone Use and the Mediating Roles of Mental Health Problems in Chinese Undergraduate Students

Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review

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