Relationship between smartphone usage time and mental health of college students

Abstract

Smartphone addiction is detrimental to the mental health of college students. This paper attempts to identify the relationship between the smartphone usage time and mental health of college students. For this purpose, the current situation of smartphone usage and mental health college students in China was evaluated through literature review. Next, an online questionnaire survey was conducted to collect the smartphone usage time of college students, and the factors affecting the usage. The survey data were evaluated based on theories of communication, social psychology and media psychology. The results show that most college students in China own a smartphone and are "attached" to smartphone to different degrees; long-term use of smartphone does have a negative effect on the mental health of college students. On this basis, the authors suggested that the government, college and students should work together to mitigate the impact of smartphone usage on mental health.