Health risk behavior, internet and mobile phone addiction, and personality traits among Chinese college students

This study investigated the relationship between health risk behaviors, internet addiction, mobile phone addiction, and personality traits among college students in Anhui Province, China.The study surveyed 1737 college students, collecting data on demographic characteristics, health risk behaviors, internet addiction, mobile phone addiction, and personality traits.The results show that there are more health risk behaviors, Internet addiction behaviors and mobile phone addiction behaviors among college students, and the situation is not optimistic, and there is a close relationship between the demographic characteristics, health risk behaviors and personality traits of college students.Results also reveal a significant prevalence of health risk behaviors, internet addiction, and mobile phone addiction among college students.Demographic factors such as gender, age, grade, family type, parents' education level, and occupation significantly influence health risk behaviors.Additionally, academic performance, drinking, study pressure, and unhealthy diet correlate with extraversion, while drinking, loneliness, and study pressure correlate with neuroticism.These findings highlight the need for increased awareness and interventions targeting health risk behaviors among college students where colleges and universities, families and college students themselves may attach great importance to this public health problem, carry out publicity and education on the hazards of various health risk behaviors, encourage college students to establish healthy diet, exercise and other living habits, improve the psychological counseling system in colleges and universities, provide a good environment for college students to solve psychological problems and relieve psychological pressure, and promote their healthy growth.