Factors Associated with Smartphone Addiction Tendency in Korean Adolescents

This study aims to identify the factors associated with smartphone addiction tendency in Korean adolescents. A convenience sample of 502 students from four middle schools participated in the survey for the assessment of demographic, personal factors (resilience and academic stress), environmental fa...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-11, Vol.18 (21), p.11668
Main Author: Kim, Ji-Hye
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Adolescents
Anxiety
Bullying
Caregivers
Chi-square test
Child development
Consent
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficients
Environmental factors
Health behavior
Mental depression
Mental health
Middle schools
Parents & parenting
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Schools
Self control
Smartphones
Sociodemographics
Statistical tests
Stress
Teenagers
Victimization
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Summary:This study aims to identify the factors associated with smartphone addiction tendency in Korean adolescents. A convenience sample of 502 students from four middle schools participated in the survey for the assessment of demographic, personal factors (resilience and academic stress), environmental factors (parental support, teacher support, friend support, and bullying victimization), as well as smartphone addiction tendency. Smartphone addiction tendency was determined based on the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth (SAPS) criteria developed by Kim et al. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-squared test, t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and hierarchical logistic regression. Among the adolescents, 17.9% were in the smartphone addiction tendency group. The factors associated with smartphone addiction tendency were subjective economic level, academic stress, parental support, and bullying victimization. Based on the findings of this study, it is considered necessary to approach smartphone addiction management considering personal factors as well as environmental factors.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph182111668