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Table 1 Characteristics of participants enrolled in the study

From: Exploring the connection between parental bonding and smartphone addiction in Chinese medical students

Variables

Total,

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Non-addictive, Mean ± SD or n (%)

Addictive, Mean ± SD or n (%)

t or χ2 value

p value

Smartphone addiction

 Smartphone addiction (binary variable)

  No

268 (51.84)

–

–

–

–

  Yes

249 (48.16)

–

–

–

–

Smartphone addiction (SAS-SV score)

31.13 ± 10.26

–

–

–

–

Parental bonding

 Maternal parenting (PBI-M score)

  Care

24.49 ± 6.20

25.47 ± 6.17

23.44 ± 6.06

3.77

< 0.001

  Protection

10.74 ± 6.27

9.65 ± 6.48

11.92 ± 5.82

−4.17

< 0.001

 Paternal parenting (PBI-F score)

  Care

23.03 ± 6.55

24.29 ± 6.73

21.69 ± 6.08

4.60

< 0.001

  Protection

9.50 ± 6.07

8.53 ± 6.42

10.53 ± 5.49

−3.78

< 0.001

Individual characteristics

Age

20.25 ± 0.77

20.26 ± 0.82

20.23 ± 0.70

0.42

0.674

 Gender

  Male

194 (37.52)

97 (36.19)

97 (38.96)

0.42

0.517

  Female

323 (62.48)

171 (63.81)

152 (61.04)

  

 Duration of medical program

  5-year

365 (70.60)

193 (72.01)

172 (69.08)

0.54

0.464

  8-year

152 (29.40)

75 (27.99)

77 (30.92)

  

 Household registration area

  Rural

159 (30.75)

79 (29.48)

80 (32.13)

0.50

0.780

  Urban

329 (63.64)

173 (64.55)

156 (62.65)

  

  Missing

29 (5.61)

16 (5.97)

13 (5.22)

  

Family characteristics

 Annual household income (CNY)

   ≤ 20,000

97 (18.76)

43 (16.04)

54 (21.69)

4.98

0.289

  20,000-50,000

119 (23.02)

57 (21.27)

62 (24.90)

  

  50,000-100,000

216 (41.78)

122 (45.52)

94 (37.75)

  

   ≥ 100,000

41 (7.93)

22 (8.21)

19 (7.63)

  

  Missing

44 (8.51)

24 (8.96)

20 (8.03)

  

 Father’s educational level

  Junior high school or below

165 (31.91)

77 (28.73)

88 (35.34)

2.95

0.400

  High school

154 (29.79)

86 (32.09)

68 (27.31)

  

  University or above

158 (30.56)

83 (30.97)

75 (30.12)

  

  Missing

40 (7.74)

22 (8.21)

18 (7.23)

  

 Mother’s educational level

  Junior high school or below

177 (34.24)

85 (31.72)

92 (36.95)

2.41

0.493

  High school

138 (26.69)

71 (26.49)

67 (26.91)

  

  University or above

151 (29.21)

82 (30.60)

69 (27.71)

  

  Missing

51 (9.86)

30 (11.19)

21 (8.43)

  

 Father’s occupation

  Legislators, senior officials and managers

92 (17.79)

47 (17.54)

45 (18.07)

5.29

0.624

  Professionals, technicians and associate professionals

62 (11.99)

38 (14.18)

24 (9.64)

  

  Clerical support workers

25 (4.84)

15 (5.59)

10 (4.02)

  

  Service and sales workers

69 (13.35)

35 (13.06)

34 (13.65)

  

  Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

64 (12.38)

34 (12.69)

30 (12.05)

  

  Craft and related trades workers, plant and machine operators and assemblers

40 (7.74)

19 (7.09)

21 (8.43)

  

  Other

124 (23.98)

57 (21.27)

67 (26.91)

  

  Missing

41 (7.93)

23 (8.58)

18 (7.23)

  

 Mother’s occupation

  Legislators, senior officials and managers

77 (14.89)

41 (15.30)

36 (14.46)

1.84

0.968

  Professionals, technicians and associate professionals

53 (10.25)

30 (11.19)

23 (9.23)

  

  Clerical support workers

44 (8.51)

22 (8.21)

22 (8.84)

  

  Service and sales workers

77 (14.89)

39 (14.55)

38 (15.26)

  

  Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

62 (12.00)

30 (11.20)

32 (12.85)

  

  Craft and related trades workers, plant and machine operators and assemblers

15 (2.90)

9 (3.36)

6 (2.41)

  

  Other

148 (28.63)

74 (27.61)

74 (29.72)

  

  Missing

41 (7.93)

23 (8.58)

18 (7.23)

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