Mobile Phone Use and Stress-Coping Strategies of Medical Students

Publisher: IGI Global_journal

E-ISSN: 2155-7144|4|4|41-46

ISSN: 2155-7136

Source: International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), Vol.4, Iss.4, 2014-10, pp. : 41-46

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Abstract

This paper investigates associations between mobile phone use and stress coping. To 139 medical university students, a set of self-reporting questionnaires designed to evaluate mobile-phone use and stress coping was administered. In relation to the intensity of mobile phone use, the low-dependence group had statistically significantly higher scores for coping strategy, planful problem solving, than the high-dependence group. When the respondents were allocated to one of three groups according to which mobile-phone service they use most frequently, scores for planful problem solving were statistically significantly higher in the voice phone group than in the Web-browsing group. These findings suggest that the intensity and type of mobile phone use may be associated with stress coping, particularly planful problem solving strategy.