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Qiulan Gu1,2, Mei Zhao1,2,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2025.062796
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Understanding Various Addictive Behaviors in the Digital Era: Types, Prevalence, Predictors, Mechanisms, and Health Consequences)
Abstract Objectives: With the widespread adoption of smartphones, parental phubbing behaviors have become increasingly prevalent, potentially affecting preschool children’s development. Current research primarily focuses on adolescent populations, while the mechanisms through which parental phubbing and authoritarian parenting style influence preschool children’s behavioral problems within the Chinese cultural context remain to be explored. Our investigation seeks to examine the factors contributing to behavioral difficulties among children of preschool age and provide theoretical guidance for prevention. Methods: In our research, we utilized a convenience sampling approach to collect data from parents whose children (n = 612) were between… More >
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Jingtao Wu1, Yanhong Shao2, Wanli Zang3, Jun Hu1,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2025.061576
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Exploring the Impact of School Bullying, Aggression and Childhood Trauma in the Digital Age: Influencing Factors, Interventions, and Prevention Methods)
Abstract Background: With the rapid growth of internet usage, adolescent cyberbullying has become a pressing issue. This study examines the longitudinal impact of leisure-time physical activity and peer relationships on cyberbullying over a one-year period, drawing on the Stage-Environment Fit Theory and the Interpersonal Relationship Theory. Methods: A three-wave longitudinal study was conducted over one year, involving 896 middle school students from five schools in Sichuan, Jiangsu, and Guangdong, China, selected to ensure regional diversity. Participants were recruited using stratified random sampling, and data were collected at four-month intervals. Leisure-time physical activity, peer relationships, and cyberbullying… More >
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Yajing Xu1, Luze Xie2, Menghan Bao3, Xingyi Yang4, Sitong Chen5, Zhuoning Gao1,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2025.062808
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: The Role of Addictive Behaviors and Psychological Disorders in Shaping Subjective Well-Being)
Abstract Background: Adolescents’ subjective well-being (SWB) is strongly linked to mental health, academic achievement, social relationships, and quality of life, and is a key predictor of life outcomes in adulthood. Mental health and addictive behaviors are the two main factors influencing SWB. This study aimed to identify key mental health and addictive behavior factors associated with adolescent SWB through machine learning models. Methods: The data for this study comes from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey 2017/18. The study data contains health data from 60,450 adolescents aged 10–16 years. The study used the XGBoost… More >
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Lizao Chen*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.027190
Abstract The relationship between friendship quality and loneliness belongs to an important aspect of peer relationships
and plays an important role in the individual growth of primary school students. Loneliness will seriously affect
the mental health level of primary school students, and good friendship quality can effectively alleviate loneliness
and promote the development of students’ mental health. Therefore, the relationship between friendship quality
and loneliness of primary school students based on meta-analysis and the analysis of intervention measures are
proposed. This paper discusses the relationship between the quality of friendship and loneliness of primary school
students… More >