FACTORS INFLUENCING ON MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION AMONG CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The aims of this research are as follows: (1) to study the level of mobile phone addiction among middle school students; and (2) to study the factors affecting mobile phone addiction. The sample group consisted of 1,342 middle school students at Chongqing Agricultural School. This research had a mobile phone addiction survey with 27 questions, with an item objective congruent ( IOC ) of 0.96. The statistics used were basic statistics, including percentage and standard deviation. The research results found that students had a low level of mobile phone addiction at 27.80%. The factor that mostly influences phone addiction is family, followed by telephone use factors and general factors such as gender, age, and grade point average. When considering each factor, all three factors were significantly different (p-