Internet Use Among Chinese College Students: Implications for Sex Education and HIV Prevention

ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence, demographic characteristics and behavioural correlates of unintentional injuries among Chinese college students.MethodsA cross-sectional multistage survey sampling process was conducted among 11 770 undergraduates from 50 universities in China. Students were asked to report different types of unintentional injuries that required medical attention from a doctor over the past year. The χ² test and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to identify factors associated with these injuries.ResultsThe overall unintentional injury prevalence was 47.9% (95% CI 47.6% to 48.2%). Most injuries occurred at sport venues (24.0%), following by home/dormitory injuries (20.5%) and traffic injuries (13.0%). Some behavioural factors exhibiting significant associations with overall unintentional injuries were: sleeping less than 7 hours (OR=1.32, 95% CI 1.27 to 1.37), smoking (OR=1.28, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.32), alcohol consumption (OR=1.74, 95% CI 1.69 to 1.78) and heavy internet use (OR=1.60, 95% CI 1.52 to 1.67). Male students were more likely to be involved in traffic and sport injuries than female students. Students majoring in non-medical fields had a higher risk of sport and home injuries than students majoring in medical fields. Those who drank alcohol, slept less than 7 hours or who reported heavy internet use were more likely to experience all types of injuries than students who did not participate in these behaviours. Finally, students who smoked had a higher likelihood of traffic and sport injuries than non-smoking students.ConclusionsA substantial number of college students reported injuries in the past year, and several key behavioural factors were associated with injuries. These findings could be beneficial for the design, implementation and assessment of injury intervention programme with college students. Based on these findings, policy implications for unintentional injury prevention and control were also considered.

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A four-wave, cross-lagged model of problematic internet use and mental health among Chinese college students: Disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects.

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/dev0000907 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 1009-1021 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nan Zhou ◽

Hongjian Cao ◽

Fenge Liu ◽

Lulu Wu ◽

Yue Liang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Internet Use ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

Chinese College Students

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Personality and Problematic Internet Use Among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Maladaptive Cognitions Over Internet Use

Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking ◽

10.1089/cyber.2018.0279 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (11) ◽

pp. 719-726 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nan Zhou ◽

Xiaomin Geng ◽

Hongfei Du ◽

Lulu Wu ◽

Jianjie Xu ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Internet Use ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

Maladaptive Cognitions ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Mediating Role

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Study of the Influencing Factors of Cyberbullying Among Chinese College Students Incorporated With Digital Citizenship: From the Perspective of Individual Students

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.621418 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Jinping Zhong ◽

Yunxiang Zheng ◽

Xingyun Huang ◽

Dengxian Mo ◽

Jiaxin Gong ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Network ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Internet Use ◽

Background Level ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Positive Correlation

Understanding the influencing factors of cyberbullying is key to effectively curbing cyberbullying. Among the various factors, this study focused on the personal level of individual students and categorized the influencing factors of cyberbullying among college students into five sublevels, i.e., background, Internet use and social network habits, personality, emotion, and literacy related to digital citizenship. Then a questionnaire survey was applied to 947 Chinese college students. The results show that cyberbullying among Chinese college students are generally at a low level. There are many factors influence cyberbullying. Specifically, at the personal background level, gender has a significant impact on cyberbullying and being cyberbullied. In terms of personal Internet use and social network habits, students’ average daily online time has no significant correlation with cyberbullying and being cyberbullied; however, the proportion of online non-learning time has a significantly positive correlation with cyberbullying, and the proportion of online learning/work time has a significant impact on being cyberbullied. At the personality level, the Big Five personality traits have varying degrees of correlation with and influence on cyberbullying and being cyberbullied. At the personal emotions level, students’ life satisfaction has a significantly negative correlation with cyberbullying and being cyberbullied while it only has a significant impact on being cyberbullied; the personal stress and empathetic concern aspects of empathy have a significantly positive correlation with cyberbullying and being cyberbullied among female students. At the literacy related to digital citizenship level, students’ understanding of and compliance with Internet etiquette have significantly negative impacts on cyberbullying; the ability to communicate and collaborate online and Internet addiction have significantly positive impacts on cyberbullying and being cyberbullied; the understanding of and compliance with relevant digital laws and regulations have significantly negative correlations with cyberbullying and being cyberbullied. Overall, college students’ digital citizenship level has a significantly negative correlation with cyberbullying but no significant correlation with being cyberbullied. Finally, analysis and suggestions were provided according to these statistical results and the effects of these factors on cyberbullying and being cyberbullied among college students, so as to help solve this problem and provide a new perspective for research in this field.

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