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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1533613

Associations Between Mobile Phone Involvement, BMI Levels, and Sleep Quality Among Chinese University Students: Evidence from a Multi-Regional Large-Scale Survey

Provisionally accepted
Yukun Lu Yukun Lu 1,2,3Haodong Tian Haodong Tian 1,2Wentao Shi Wentao Shi 1Haowei Liu Haowei Liu 1,2Jinlong Wu Jinlong Wu 1,2Yunfei Tao Yunfei Tao 1,2Li Peng Li Peng 1,2*
  • 1 College of physical education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Sports Function Monitoring of General Administration of sport of China, Chongqing, China
  • 3 College of Physical Education, College of Physical Education, Xinjiang Hetian Normal College, Xinjiang, China

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    Objective: This study aims to explore the association between mobile phone involvement, body mass index (BMI) levels, and the sleep quality of Chinese university students.Methods: Using a cluster sampling method, we selected 17,085 university students from three universities in eastern, central, and western China as the study subjects.Demographic information such as age and sex were collected. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Mobile Phone Involvement Questionnaire (MPIQ) were utilized to measure their sleep quality scores and mobile phone involvement scores, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis, two-way ANOVA, and multiple linear obesity, with over half of participants reporting poor sleep quality, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address weight management and mobile phone usage to improve sleep health in this population.

    Keywords: Chinese university students, Mobile phone involvement, BMI levels, sleep quality, relationships

    Received: 24 Nov 2024; Accepted: 04 Feb 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Lu, Tian, Shi, Liu, Wu, Tao and Peng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Li Peng, College of physical education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

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