Objective To investigate the specific status of mobile phone social media dependence among university students

so as to provide evidence for pertinent interventions.Methods A total of 338 students from a college in Lianyungang

Jiangsu Province were surveyed using a Mobile Phone Social Media Dependence Questionnaire for university students.Data were collected and statistically analyzed.Results Independent samples t-test showed that

female students scored higher than males in both compulsivity and conflict dimensions（P<0.05）;grade-two students scored higher than freshmen in the dimensions of compulsivity

withdrawal

and social benefit（P<0.05）;junior college students scored higher than undergraduates in the dimensions of salience

social benefit

compulsivity

and withdrawal（P<0.05）.One-way analysis of variance indicated that

the scores in the dimensions of social benefit

compulsivity

conflict

and withdrawal varied significantly with different majors（P<0.05）.Multiple comparisons revealed that

liberal and arts majors scored higher than science/engineering majors in the dimensions of social benefit

compulsivity

and conflict（P<0.05）;liberal majors scored higher than science/engineering and arts majors in the withdrawal dimension（P<0.05）.Conclusion Liberal majors

students from higher grades

junior college students

and female students are more susceptible to mobile phone social media dependence.Thus

it is important for schools and teachers to provide guidance and interventions focusing on these populations.