OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 260-269.

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A meta-analysis on effectiveness of intervention of mobile phone addiction in college students

PAN Hua1, ZHANG Meng2, HUANG Jian-rong2   

  1. 1. Application Promotion Department,Educational Technology Center of Guangdong Province,Guangzhou Guangdong 510250,China;
    2. Social Work Research Centre,South China University of Technology,GuangzhouGuangdong 510640,China
  • Received:2022-06-29 Revised:2022-09-13 Published:2026-03-02
  • Contact: ZHANG Meng,Professor,E-mail:mengzh@scut.edu.cn,923632921@qq.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the effectiveness of different intervention methods to reduce the mobile phone addiction of college students. Methods The Chinese databases such as CNKI,Wanfang and CQVIP,as well as foreign databases such as Web of Science,PubMed and EBSCO,and Cochrane library online research platform were searched to collect relevant studies.Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,extracted data and assessed the quality of included studies. Meta-analysis was performed by Review Manager 5.2,and the total effect value(d) and its 95% confidence interval were calculated. Results A total of 33 articles(including 40 independent studies) were included in the study,combining with 10 exercise intervention studies and 30 psychological intervention studies,and the total number of samples was 1 934.The results of meta-analysis were as follows:(1)The combinedeffect size of exercise intervention was -3.214.And the results of sub-group analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences among the groups of exercise type and measurement tool(P<0.05),while no statistically significant difference among intervention cycle(P>0.05).(2) The combined effect size of psychological intervention was -1.736.And the results of sub-group analysis showed thatthere was statistically significant difference among different groups in classification of psychological intervention(P<0.05),while no statistically significant differences among the groups of measurement tool,intervention cycle,geographical distribution and publication type(P>0.05).When the fixed grouping wasthe dissertation,there was statistically significant differencebetween the groups of psychological counseling and psychological training(P<0.05). When the fixed grouping was mobile phone addiction tendency scale for college student developed by XIONG Jie,in eight week intervention and from central region,the differenceswere notstatisticallysignificantbetween them (P>0.05).(3)The effect size of the combination of exercise intervention studies and psychological intervention studies was -2.132.And the results of sub-group analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences between the different intervention methods and measurement tool(P<0.05),while no statistically significant differenceamong the groups of intervention cycle(P>0.05).When the fixed grouping was the journal paper,there was statistically significant differencebetween exercise intervention and psychological intervention(P<0.05). When the fixed grouping was from central region,the difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05). Conclusions The exercise intervention can significantly reduce the degree of mobile phone addiction of college students,and the effect of mixed exercise intervention is much better than open-skill exercise intervention,while open-skill exercise intervention is much better than closed-skill exercise intervention.The psychological intervention can significantly reduce the degree of mobile phone addiction of college students,and the effect of psychological counseling is significantly better than psychological training. The effect of exercise intervention is significantly better than psychological intervention.

Key words: Mobile phone addiction, Exercise intervention, Psychological intervention, Meta-analysis

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