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Negative life events, depression, and mobile phone dependency among left-behind adolescents in rural China: An interpersonal perspective

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  • Zhen, Rui
  • Li, Lu
  • Liu, Xuanwen
  • Zhou, Xiao

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The popularization of mobile phones has largely facilitated the connection between migrant workers in cities and their left-behind children in rural China; but it also triggered a public concern about the mobile phone dependency (MPD) of these children.

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  • Zhen, Rui & Li, Lu & Liu, Xuanwen & Zhou, Xiao, 2020. "Negative life events, depression, and mobile phone dependency among left-behind adolescents in rural China: An interpersonal perspective," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:109:y:2020:i:c:s0190740919309260
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104688
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