Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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Characteristics of Cellular Phone Use and its Association with Psychological Problems among Adolescents

청소년의 휴대 전화 사용 실태 및 정신과적 문제와의 연관성

  • Lee, Myung-Ji (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inha University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Seop (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inha University) ;
  • Kang, Min-Hee (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inha University) ;
  • Kim, Chul-Eung (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inha University) ;
  • Bae, Jae-Nam (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inha University) ;
  • Choo, Jung-Suk (Department of Psychiatry, Hospital and College of Medicine, Inje University)
  • 이명지 (인하대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이정섭 (인하대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 강민희 (인하대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김철응 (인하대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 배재남 (인하대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 추정숙 (인제대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.10.12
  • Accepted : 2009.12.24
  • Published : 2010.03.30
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Abstract

Objective ： We investigated the characteristics of cellular phone use and its association with psychological problems among adolescents. Methods ： A total of 332 adolescent students were recruited for this study. The participants' self-reported characteristics of cellular phone use and the psychological problems caused by this were tested by using the Excessive Cellular Phone Use Survey (ECPUS), the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) and the Korea-Youth Self Report (K-YSR). Results ： The excessive user group made more use of text messages and they spent more time and paid higher fees than the comparison group. They expressed severer depression and anxiety and they had more behavior problems and lower school performance than the comparison group. The ECPUS score was positively correlated with score of the CDI, STAIC and the behavior problem scales of the K-YSR, and the ECPUS score was negatively correlated with the school performance scale of the K-YSR. Conclusion ： Our findings suggest that excessive cellular phone use by adolescents may be related to psychological problems. Careful education about the use of cellular phones and intervention are recommended for adolescents who excessively use cellular phones.

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