Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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Factors Influencing VDT syndrome among male adolescents with risk of digital addiction

디지털중독 위험군 남학생의 VDT 자각증상 영향요인

  • Received : 2015.11.22
  • Accepted : 2016.01.20
  • Published : 2016.01.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the influential factors associated with video display terminal (VDT) syndrome of male adolescents with digital device addition. The study design was cross-sectional descriptive survey. The study participants were 169 male middle school students in Seoul. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed using the SPSS program. The factors most influential for the subjective symptoms of VDT were smartphone addiction, computer use time during the week, computer use environment. These factors accounted for 28.1% of the variance in subjective symptoms of VDT. In order to prevent the occurrence of VDT syndrome in students, we suggest to establish a preventive intervention against the digital addiction.

본 연구는 디지털기기 중독 위험군에 속하는 남자 중학생의 VDT증후군 자각증상 정도를 확인하고, 이에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하고자 하였다. 서술적 관계 조사연구로 디지털중독 위험군에 속하는 남자 중학생 169명을 대상으로 온라인 게임 중독, 스마트폰 사용 중독, VDT 증후군의 자각증상, 컴퓨터 사용 환경을 조사하였다. 결과적으로 디지털중독 위험군인 남자 중학생의 VDT 증후군 자각증상은 심리적 증상, 전신증상, 눈 증상, 근골격계 증상순으로 경험하는 것으로 분석되었다. 가장 다빈도 자각증상은 눈 관련 증상으로 눈의 피로감, 시력저하로 나타났다. VDT 증후군 자각증상의 영향요인은 스마트폰 사용 중독, 주중 컴퓨터 사용시간, 컴퓨터 사용 환경으로, 28.1%를 설명하였다. 본 연구는 디지털 중독에 대한 포괄적인 관점에서 건강문제를 탐색하고, 이에 영향을 미치는 요인을 예측해 보고자 시도된 연구로서 의의를 갖는다.

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