The Relationship Between Problematic Mobile Phone Use And Adult ADHD

As a serious public health problem in the contemporary era,the negative impact of the problematic mobile phone use(PMPU)has received wide attention from researchers.It has been found that the use of problematic mobile phones may cause negative consequences such as attentional impairment and reaction inhibition defects caused by the user,and this is related to the attention deficit of ADHD(Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)and the core symptoms of impulsive hyperactivity.Highly coincident.Therefore,unlike previous studies,this study is based on the external environment and has the risk factors that contribute to the core symptoms of ADHD in adults,and the adult ADHD is used as a result variable.First,the direct relationship between college students'problematic mobile phone use and the level of ADHD symptoms in adults is studied.Secondly,on the basis of investigating the use of college students' mobile social networks,exploring the mediating role of mobile social network usage in the relationship between problematic mobile phone use and adult ADHD.Finally,based on the individual-environment interaction theory,explore the individual's boring tendency level to adjust the problematic mobile phone use-mobile social network usage time-adult ADHD mediation path,and further explain the problematic mobile phone by constructing a regulated mediation model.Use the mechanism of influence on adult ADHD.This study used the Mobile Phone Addiction Index,College Students' Mobile Social Network Use Questionnaire,DSM-IV diagnosis questionnaire,and Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form to conduct online questionnaire survey on 671 college students.The main findings are as follows:(1)Problematic mobile phone use is significantly positively correlated with the level of ADHD symptoms in adults;(2)The problematic mobile phone usage is significantly positively correlated with the mobile social network usage duration,and the mobile social network usage time is significantly positively correlated with adult ADHD;(3)The length of use of mobile social networks plays a part in mediating the relationship between problematic mobile phone use and adult ADHD;(4)The two dimensions of internal stimulation and external stimulation with boring tendencies are significantly related to the attention deficit of adult ADHD,the two dimensions of hyperactive impulse and the total score;(5)Boring tends to play a role in the problematic mobile phone use-mobile social network usage time?the second half of the intermediary path of adult ADHD.Specifically,under the conditions of low boring tendencies,mobile social network usage time is more predictive of adult ADHD.The results revealed that the problematic mobile phone use may not only directly contribute to the core symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity in adult ADHD,but also indirectly affect the level of ADHD symptoms in adults through the social networks use.At the same time,the influence path is regulated by the individual's boring tendency.This not only gives college students a wake-up call,but also pays serious attention to the threats caused by the problematic mobile phone use to cognitive functions and executive functions,and provides a reference for improving the specific measures used by problematic mobile phones,avoiding being too boring.Loss of propensity level seeks motivation for interesting stimuli,and resists excessive mobile social network usage due to boredom,avoiding greater challenges for attention and inhibition.