Negative life events, depression, and mobile phone dependency among left-behind adolescents in rural China: An interpersonal perspective

Rui Zhen, Lu Li, Xuanwen Liu and Xiao Zhou

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 109, issue C

Abstract: The popularization of mobile phones has largely facilitated the connection between migrant workers in cities and their left-behind children in rural China; but it also triggered a public concern about the mobile phone dependency (MPD) of these children.

Keywords: Mobile phone dependency; Negative life events; Depression; Interpersonal relationships; Left-behind adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104688

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