Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Aug 2023)

Impact of Learning Burnout on Mobile Phone Dependence Among Adolescents in Western China Under the “Double Reduction” Policy: The Mediating Role of Social Support

  • Wu R,
  • Luo Y,
  • Ren P,
  • Ran F,
  • Yang X,
  • Gu M,
  • Tuo A,
  • Yan Z

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 16
pp. 3171 – 3183

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Rong Wu,1,* Yuan Luo,1,* Pengyu Ren,2 Fengjiao Ran,1 Xiantao Yang,3 Manting Gu,3 Anxie Tuo,4 Zheng Yan1 1Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Guizhou Drug Evaluation Center, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Medical Humanities, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zheng Yan, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: This paper investigated the prevalence of mobile phone dependence (MPD) and its associated with learning burnout under the “double reduction” policy among adolescents in Guizhou Province in western China. In addition, the influence of the mediating mechanism of social support on this relationship was investigated.Methods: The sample was collected from 16,216 adolescents in West China’s Guizhou province, from December 2021 to January 2022 via multistage stratified random sampling. The Self-rating Questionnaire for Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use (SQAPMPU) was used to assess the MPD, the Adolescent Student Burnout Scale (ASBI) was used to assess the learning burnout, and the Social Support Scale (SSS) was used to assess the social support. A hierarchical linear regression model was used to analyze the relationship between MPD, learning burnout, and social support. The mediating effect of social support between MPD and learning burnout was analyzed by structural equation model.Results: Prevalence of MPD was 26.4% among adolescents in Guizhou province in western China. After adjusting for confounding variables like demographics, multiple linear regression model has revealed that learning burnout positively predicted MPD and social support negatively predicted MPD. The structural equation model showed that 10.9% of the effect was explained by the mediating effect of social support.Conclusion: These findings could inform service delivery and policy formulation to reduce learning and avoid MPD in adolescents.Keywords: “double reduction” policy, mobile phone dependence, learning burnout, social support, adolescents

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