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A Study on Impact of Smartphone Addiction on the Mental Health -Focused on Moderating Effect of Parent-Child Relationship-

  • Kim, Na-Ye (Dept. of Social Welfare, Chosun College of Science & Technology)
  • Received : 2017.03.09
  • Accepted : 2017.05.19
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

This study examines the effect of smartphone to adolescent's mental health and defines moderating effect of parent-child relationship. For this purpose, 278 subjects were surveyed from 1 middle schools in Gwangju and Jeonnam area. The result of this study are as follows. First, when verifying the impact of smartphone addiction on their mental health, The smartphone addiction was found as the key variable that has a negative impact on mental health. The results indicated that adolescents with higher levels of smartphone addiction more likely to have lower levels of mental health. Second, impact of parent-child relationship on their mental health was analyzed. The analytic results suggest that parent-child relationship has a impact on their mental health. In other words, higher parent-child relationship means higher mental health. Third, the moderating effect of parent-child relationship was analyzed. The parent-child relationship check the moderating effect of do smartphone addiction on their mental health. The implications for social work practice were also discussed.

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