Yajuan Yang

Doctoral Student
Research School of Health and Welfare , School of Health and Welfare

With the rapidly developing technology worldwide,the communication distance between individuals has begun to shrink. One of the most important development in the field of communication technology is the mobile phones. Mobile phone is a double-edged sword for young adults. Despite its advantages of convinience and practicability,excessive use has been associated with potential risk in people's life.

Her study is to reveal the biderectional relationship between problematic mobile phone use and depressive symptoms in Chinese undergraduated students through time.

Article

Yang, Y. Granlund, M. Tao, F. Tao, S. Zou, L. Enskär, K. , ... Hong J. (2024). Exploring the relationship between depressive symptoms, problematic smartphone use, and cumulative risk factors in nursing students: A cross sectional study Acta Psychologica, 249. More information
Yang, Y. Granlund, M. Tao, F. Tao, S. Zou, L. Wu, X. , ... Enskär K. (2023). Patterns of smartphone usage associated with depressive symptoms in nursing students Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. More information

Doctoral thesis

Yang, Y. (2025). A longitudinal and qualitative exploration of the association between problematic smartphone use, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in nursing students (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare). More information

Other publications

Yang, Y., Enskär, K., Granlund, M., Pakpour, A., Hong, J. . Exploring smartphone use, sleep and emotion experiences of nursing students with problematic smartphone use: A qualitative study. More information
Yang, Y. Pakpour, A. Hong, J. Tao, F. Tao, S. Zu, L. , ... Granlund M. . Links between trajectories of problematic smartphone use and poor sleep quality and depressive symptoms in nursing students: A longitudinal study. More information