A Study on the Relationship Between Depression,Internet Addiction and Breakfast Eating Among Secondary Vocational School Students
Objective To investigate the correlation between depression,Internet addiction and breakfast consumption among secondary vocational school students,and to provide reference for guiding secondary voca-tional school students to develop the habit of eating breakfast every day.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 891 students from three grades in a secondary vocational school in Sichuan Province using the Self Rating Depression Scale(SDS)and the Internet Addiction Test(IAT).The results showed that 299(33.5%)of vocational school students ate breakfast healthily,and 592(66.5%)of them ate breakfast un-healthily.There were statistically significant differences in the reporting rate of not eating breakfast regularly a-mong students of different grades,staying experiences,academic performance,depression,and Internet ad-diction disorder(X2 values were 12.08,4.59,12.39,27.98,and 19.99,respectively,P<0.05).Breakfast was positively correlated with depression(r=0.21,P<0.01),and breakfast was positively correlated with In-ternet addiction disorder(r=0.20,P<0.01),There was also a positive correlation between depression and Internet addiction disorder(r=0.38,P<0.01).Depression and Internet addiction had a positive predictive effect on unhealthy breakfast eating(both P<0.05).Depression and Internet addiction were the influencing factors of breakfast consumption.Society,schools,and family should strengthen guidance for secondary voca-tional school students to develop the habit of eating breakfast every day to avoid the occurrence of skipping breakfast and the aggregation of depression and Internet addiction.