@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaviors among adolescents: the mediating role of depression and interpersonal problems",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2020",
author="Chen, Runsen and Liu, Jianbo and Cao, Xiaolan and Duan, Suqian and Wen, Siyang and Zhang, Simei and Xu, Jianchang and Lin, Ling and Xue, Zhenpeng and Lu, Jianping",
volume="269",
number="",
pages="101-107",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study examined (a) the relationship that interpersonal problems and depression share with the intensity of mobile phone use and (b) their effects on suicide-related behaviors (SRBs) and self-harming behaviors among adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, adolescents were recruited from 11 middle and high schools in Shenzhen, China. They completed self-reported measures that assessed mobile phone use, their history of SRBs (i.e., suicidal ideation, suicidal planning, and attempted suicide) and self-harming behaviors, depression, and interpersonal problems. <br><br>RESULTS: Interpersonal problems and depression mediated the relationship between high-intensity mobile phone use and the risk for SRBs and self-harming behaviors among Chinese adolescents. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings delineate the pathways through which interpersonal problems and depression increase the risk for SRBs and self-harming behaviors among adolescents who report high-intensity mobile phone use. Future studies should develop interventions that alleviate interpersonal problems and depressive symptoms to reduce the risk for SRBs and self-harming behaviors among adolescents who report high-intensity mobile phone use.<br><br>Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.128",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.128"
}