Skip to main content

Table 4 Life skills, quality of life and risk of cell phone addiction among participants attending LSTCP

From: Age, gender, peers, life skills and quality of life influence risk of cell phone addiction among college teachers in Karnataka, India : a state level epidemiological analysis

Life skills and quality of life

Risk of cell phone addiction

Total

Crude Odds ratio

Confidence interval at 95%

*p value

Present

Absent

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Decision making (n = 1937)

35.23

3.94

36.84

3.86

36.64

3.9

0.902

0.87-0.93

<0.001¶

Problem solving (n = 1937)

51.34

6.07

53.99

5.91

53.68

6.07

0.933

0.91-0.95

<0.001¶

Empathy(n = 1937)

45.35

5.55

48.36

5.49

48

5.58

0.911

0.89-0.93

<0.001¶

Self-awareness (n = 1937)

40.05

4.96

41.36

4.59

41.2

4.65

0.945

0.92-0.97

<0.001¶

Communication skills (n = 1937)

36.55

4.07

39.03

4.31

38.73

4.31

0.874

0.85-0.90

<0.001¶

Interpersonal relationship skills (n = 1937)

70.36

7.68

73.47

6.89

73.1

7.1

0.943

0.93-0.96

<0.001¶

Coping with emotions (n = 1937)

34.64

4.27

36.13

3.89

35.95

3.97

0.915

0.88-0.95

<0.001¶

Coping with stress (n = 1937)

34.13

4.28

34.73

4.06

34.66

4.09

0.966

0.93-0.99

<0.001¶

Creative Thinking (n = 1937)

54.38

7.5

54.07

7.07

54.1

7.12

1.006

0.99-1.03

0.533

Critical thinking (n = 1937)

38.7

5.49

39.44

4.91

39.35

4.98

0.971

0.95-0.99

0.034¶

Overall life skill score (n = 1937)

440.74

41.98

457.42

39.28

455.44

39.97

0.99

0.98-0.99

<0.001¶

Overall quality of life and health satisfaction (n = 1932)

8.05

1.18

8.28

1.08

8.25

1.1

0.835

0.74-0.94

0.003¶

Physical quality of life (n = 1917)

72.93

12.74

79.33

12.08

78.56

12.33

0.962

0.95-0.97

<0.001¶

Psychological quality of life (n = 1901)

68.79

12.63

71.01

10.73

70.74

10.99

0.982

0.97-0.99

0.005¶

Social quality of life (n = 1810)

75.89

16.51

78.84

15.61

78.48

15.74

0.989

0.98-0.99

0.01¶

Environmental quality of life (n = 1915)

67.46

13.57

71.77

13.03

71.25

13.17

0.976

0.97-0.98

<0.001¶

  1. *p value for univariate logistic regression; ¶significant at p < 0.05; SD is Standard deviation