The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of psychiatry "Ibn Omrane", Razi hospital, 2010, Manouba, Tunisia.
Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.
BMC Pediatr. 2022 Dec 26;22(1):735. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03808-y.
Despite a large body of research has shown that smartphone addiction (SA) is associated with aggressive behaviors, only a few mediators have been previously examined in this relationship among early adolescent students. No previous studies have explored, to our knowledge, the indirect role of cognitive function despite its great importance during this life period. This study is intended to verify whether cognitive function have indirect effects on the relationship between SA and aggression among high-school students in the context of Lebanese culture.
This was a cross-sectional designed study, conducted between January and May 2022, and enrolling 379 Lebanese adolescent students (aged 13-17 years). The Cognitive Functioning Self-Assessment Scale, the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short form were used.
The bivariate analysis results revealed that higher SA and worse cognitive function were significantly associated with more physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility. The mediation analyses found that cognitive function mediated the association between SA and physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility. Higher SA was significantly associated with worse cognitive function and more physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility. Finally, worse cognitive function was significantly associated with more physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility.
Our findings cautiously suggest that, to reduce adolescent students' aggression, interventions that promote cognitive performance may be effective. Particularly, students who are addicted to smartphones and show aggressive tendencies require interventions designed to improve cognition function.
尽管大量研究表明智能手机成瘾（SA）与攻击行为有关，但在此之前，只有少数中介因素在青少年学生中对此关系进行了研究。据我们所知，以前没有研究探讨过认知功能在这个生命阶段的重要性。本研究旨在验证认知功能是否在智能手机成瘾与攻击行为之间的关系中存在间接作用，研究对象是黎巴嫩文化背景下的高中生。
这是一项横断面设计研究，于 2022 年 1 月至 5 月进行，共纳入 379 名黎巴嫩青少年学生（年龄 13-17 岁）。使用认知功能自我评估量表、Buss-Perry 攻击性问卷-短式和智能手机成瘾量表-短式。
单变量分析结果表明，较高的 SA 和较差的认知功能与更多的身体攻击、言语攻击、愤怒和敌意显著相关。中介分析发现，认知功能在 SA 与身体攻击、言语攻击、愤怒和敌意之间起中介作用。较高的 SA 与较差的认知功能和更多的身体攻击、言语攻击、愤怒和敌意显著相关。最后，较差的认知功能与更多的身体攻击、言语攻击、愤怒和敌意显著相关。
我们的研究结果谨慎地表明，为了减少青少年学生的攻击性，促进认知表现的干预措施可能是有效的。特别是，沉迷于智能手机且表现出攻击性倾向的学生需要干预措施来提高认知功能。
