Otaku status and its influence factors among university students

Objective To analyze the status and influence factors of otaku among university students and to provide scientific evidences for healthy life promotion in the students.Methods Using multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method,1 178 college students from four universities in Chongqing city were investigated with a questionnaire survey on general situation,otaku status and influence factors.Results Of the students,62.50% spent their leisure time in dormitories and 50.51%(595)were categorized as otaku students.Of the otaku students,73.78%(439) spent their leisure time mainly on the internet,49.41%(294) for sleeping; 39.90%(470) stayed in their dormitories because of unwilling to move;50.54%(327)didn't think that otaku had influence on their life,and 33.08%(214) had no willingness to change their otaku life.There were statistically significant differences in the scores of Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90) for interpersonal sensitivity(t=4.320,P=0.000) and paranoid(t=3.159,P=0.002) between the otaku and the non-otaku students.Multivariate analyses found that school type,grade,the time spent online,and love status were main influence factors of otaku(P<0.05 for all).Conclusion Otaku is quite common in college students and influenced by various factors,and otaku students are more likely to suffer from interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid psychological problems.