Abstract

The relationship between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaviours among adolescents: The mediating role of depression and interpersonal problems

Chen, R., Liu, J., Cao, X., Duan, S., Wen, S., Zhang, S., ... Lu, J.

Year: 2020 Source: Journal of Affective Disorders. (2020). Published online 23 January 2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.128 SIEC No: 20200111

First to examine the mediation between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaivours

•High intensity of mobile phone use directly predicts suicide-related behaivours

•High intensity of mobile phone use influences suicide-related behaivours indirectly via interpersonal problems

•High intensity of mobile phone use influences suicide-related behaivours indirectly via depression

•Interpersonal problems and depression mediated association between mobile phone use and suicide-related behaivours