Current Status and Correlation of Physical Activity and Tendency to Problematic Mobile Phone Use in College Students

Wen-Xia Tong; Bo Li; Shan-Shan Han; Ya-Hui Han; Shu-Qiao Meng; Qiang Guo; You-Zhi Ke; Jun-Yong Zhang; Zhong-Lei Cui; Yu-Peng Ye; Yao Zhang; Hua-Lan Li; He Sun; Zhan-Zheng Xu

doi:10.3390/ijerph192315849

Current Status and Correlation of Physical Activity and Tendency to Problematic Mobile Phone Use in College Students

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 28;19(23):15849. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315849.

Authors

Wen-Xia Tong¹, Bo Li², Shan-Shan Han², Ya-Hui Han³, Shu-Qiao Meng¹, Qiang Guo⁴, You-Zhi Ke⁵, Jun-Yong Zhang⁶, Zhong-Lei Cui⁷, Yu-Peng Ye⁸, Yao Zhang⁹, Hua-Lan Li¹⁰, He Sun¹¹, Zhan-Zheng Xu¹²

Affiliations

¹ Physical Education College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China.
² Institute of Sports Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
³ Institute of Sports Science, Kyunggi University, Suwon 449701, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Physical Education College, Shangqiu University, Shangqiu 476000, China.
⁵ School of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
⁶ School of Physical Education, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
⁷ Physical Education College, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, China.
⁸ School of Physical Education, Jing-Gang-Shan University, Ji'an 343009, China.
⁹ Institute of Sports and Health, Zhengzhou Shengda University, Zhengzhou 451191, China.
¹⁰ School of Physical Education, Jiangxi University of Applied Science, Nanchang 330100, China.
¹¹ School of Physical Education, Heihe University, Heihe 164300, China.
¹² School of Physical Education, Zhengzhou University (Headquarters), Zhengzhou 450001, China.

Abstract

Objective: To explore the effect of problematic mobile phone use on college students' physical activity and their relationships.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 3980 college students from three universities in Jiangsu province by random cluster sampling. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short (IPAQ-SF) measured college students' physical activity. The Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale for College Students (MPATS) measured problematic mobile phone use tendencies. College students' physical activity was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short (IPAQ-SF), and the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale measured their mobile phone addiction tendency for College Students (MPATS).

Results: (1) The proportions of the low-, medium-, and high-intensity physical activity were 83.5%, 10.7%, and 5.8%, respectively, with gender differences; The score of problematic mobile phone use tendency was 38.725 ± 15.139. (2) There were significant differences in problematic mobile phone use tendency among college students with different physical activity intensity (F = 11.839, p < 0.001, η² = 0.007). (3) The level of physical activity was significantly correlated with the tendency of problematic mobile phone use (r = -0.173, p < 0.001). (4) Physical activity of college students could significantly predict the tendency of problematic mobile phone use (F (3,3605) = 11.296, p < 0.001).

Conclusions: The physical activity of college students was mainly moderate to low intensity, while the tendency of problematic mobile phone use was high. College students' physical activity level was one of the important constraints of problematic mobile phone use tendency.

Keywords: addictive behavior; college students; health promotion; physical activity; problematic mobile phone use.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Phone Use*
Cell Phone*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise
Humans
Students

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Jiangsu Province Education Science “14th Five-Year Plan” Project (T-c/2021/108); Yangzhou University 2022 University-Level Education Reform Project (YZUJX2022-C8); Yangzhou University 2021 Trade Union Work Research Project (2021YB03).