Wang Hanbin, Chin Fung, Chen Chun
School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2001 Longxiang Blvd., Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, P.R. China.
Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Jun 4;25(1):575. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-07057-y.
Mobile phone dependence (MPD) is a serious public health concern in schools. To advance cross-cultural understanding of MPD, this study examined factor structure, measurement invariance, and latent mean differences of the mobile phone dependence questionnaire (MPDQ) across mainland Chinese and Hong Kong adolescents.
The present cross-sectional study included a total of 918 middle school students (588 boys and 310 girls; M = 13.58, SD = 1.46), comprising 367 adolescents from two Shenzhen schools and 551 adolescents from three Hong Kong schools. Confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance test, latent mean comparisons, and multidimensional item response theory analysis were employed for data analyses.
The three-factor structure of the MPDQ, proposed by previous research conducted in Hong Kong adolescents, was also supported in mainland Chinese adolescents. Configural, partial metric, and partial scalar cross-cultural measurement invariance were all achieved. Mainland Chinese adolescents reported higher scores on all MPD factors than their Hong Kong counterparts.
The findings highlight the cross-cultural similarities and differences of MPD among adolescents in mainland China and Hong Kong. The MPDQ is culturally sensitive to measure MPD in both regions, while certain items may need further cultural adaptation. Moreover, Hong Kong adolescents demonstrated more disordered thoughts and behaviors associated with MPD than mainland Chinese adolescents. Implications for using the MPDQ for assessing and understanding the MPD from diverse cultural backgrounds are discussed.
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手机依赖（MPD）是学校中一个严重的公共卫生问题。为了促进对MPD的跨文化理解，本研究考察了中国大陆和香港青少年手机依赖问卷（MPDQ）的因子结构、测量不变性和潜在均值差异。
本横断面研究共纳入918名中学生（588名男生和310名女生；M = 13.58，SD = 1.46），其中包括来自深圳两所学校的367名青少年和来自香港三所学校的551名青少年。采用验证性因子分析、测量不变性检验、潜在均值比较和多维度项目反应理论分析进行数据分析。
先前针对香港青少年的研究所提出的MPDQ的三因子结构，在中国大陆青少年中也得到了支持。实现了构型、部分度量和部分标度的跨文化测量不变性。中国大陆青少年在所有MPD因子上的得分均高于香港青少年。
研究结果凸显了中国大陆和香港青少年MPD的跨文化异同。MPDQ在测量这两个地区的MPD时具有文化敏感性，不过某些项目可能需要进一步的文化调适。此外，香港青少年比中国大陆青少年表现出更多与MPD相关的紊乱思维和行为。讨论了使用MPDQ评估和理解不同文化背景下MPD的意义。
不适用。
