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cell phone usage among undergraduates and possible influences on gratitude

Objective To determine current status of cell phone usage among college students and to explore possible influences on gratitude. Methods About 1 543 undergraduates were selected to fill in Adolescent Gratitude Scale and Adolescent Cell Phone Usage Questionnaire. Results Internet access through mobile phone was pervasive( 93. 6%). Average scores of each six subscale factors including perception and experience of social grace,Expression of natural grace and Returns,perception and experience of natural grace,Expression of grace to others and Return,Expression and Return to society and perception and experience to grace from others,and total score of gratitude were( 18. 52 ± 3. 28),( 16. 10 ± 2. 24),( 5. 03 ± 2. 75),( 17. 56 ± 2. 14),( 10. 00 ± 2. 02),( 12. 48 ± 2. 06) and( 89. 68 ± 9. 77),respectively,which were higher than the norm. Total gratitude scores among students with different mobile phone use frequency,likability,dependence and use pattern were of significant differences( F = 13. 858,3. 175,13. 452,4. 396,P 0. 05). Conclusion Cell phone has positive and negative influences on gratitude among undergraduates. Colleges and universities should be in a timely manner to carry out the corresponding information literacy education,give full play to the positive role of cell phones,and reduce its negative effects.