Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 1008).

From: The roles of loneliness and self-control in the association between social avoidance and nomophobia among college students

Variables

N (%)

Gender

 

 Male

484 (48.02)

 Female

524 (51.98)

Grade

 

 Freshmen

616 (61.11)

 Sophomore

96 (9.52)

 Junior

137 (13.59)

 Senior

50 (4.96)

 Postgraduate

109 (10.81)

Major

 

 Natural sciences

175 (17.36)

 Medical sciences

29 (2.88)

 Humanities and Social Sciences

321 (31.85)

 Agricultural sciences

18 (1.79)

 Engineering and Technical Sciences

465 (46.13)

Household type

 

 Original two-parent family

882 (87.50)

 Remarried two-parent families

45 (4.46)

 Single parent family

70 (6.94)

 Other

11 (1.09)

Daily smartphone usage

 

 ≤4 h

127 (12.60)

 5–8 h

507 (50.30)

 9–12 h

254 (25.20)

 13–16 h

54 (5.36)

 ≥ 17 h

66 (6.55)

Monthly living costs (CNY)

 

 <1000

75 (7.44)

 1000 - <2000

774 (76.79)

 2000 - <3000

125 (12.40)

 ≥3000+

34 (3.37)

Academic pressure

 

 Yes

790 (78.37)

 No

218 (21.63)

Weekly exercise (times)

 

 ≤1

166 (16.47)

 2–3

399 (39.58)

 4–5

228 (22.62)

 ≥6

215 (21.33)

Age (16 ~ 35)

Mean = 20.12 (SD = 2.225)

Social avoidance

Mean = 6.77 (SD = 3.695)

Lonely

Mean = 16.29 (SD = 4.129)

nomophobia

Mean = 58.99 (SD = 22.645)

BSCS

Mean = 39.91 (SD = 6.524)

  1. **p < 0.01; SD, standard deviation; CNY, Chinese yuan; BSCS, brief self-control scale.