Correlation between depressive symptoms and network addiction, social support, and C behavior among vocational college students

ObjectiveTo explore the effects of network addiction,social support,and C behavior on depressive symptoms among vocational college students and to provide basis for mental health education among students.MethodsTotally 1 662 vocational college students were investigated with stratified cluster sampling method.Results Among the students, 46.6% had depression symptoms(44.6% for the males and 47.3% for the females).Depression symptom detection rates were 64.7% and 64.1% in the students with network dependence and internet addiction.The depression symptom detection rates were 72.9% and 90.1% in the students with pro-C behavior and C behavior.Depression symptom detection rates were 67.5% and 85.7% in the students with less social support and without social support.All the differences observed were statistically significant(P<0.05 for all).ConclusionDepressive symptom detection rate is high in vocational college students in Ningxia.There are interactions among social support,network addiction,C behavior and depression.