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A Study on Smartphone Addiction and Mental Health Trend Improvement in Koreans

한국인의 스마트폰 중독과 정신건강 경향 개선에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2019.10.10
  • Accepted : 2019.11.20
  • Published : 2019.11.28
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Abstract

Along with the universalization of smartphones, smartphone addiction is becoming a physical and mental social problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relevance of the problems caused by addiction in 300 adolescents, adults and the elderly. The results showed that the use of SNS and messenger were most related to the negative factors such as health problems, depression, antisocial, schizophrenia, lower self-esteem, and lower social expectation. In addition, games and videos were analyzed to have relatively low negative problems. Focusing on the high addiction rate, the researcher further analyzed the preference for problem solution and discussed the improvement measures for smartphone addiction reduction.

스마트폰 보편화와 함께 스마트폰 중독은 신체적/정신적으로 사회적인 문제가 되고 있다. 본 연구는 청소년, 성인, 노인 300명을 대상으로 중독으로 인한 문제점에 대한 관련성을 조사하였다. 분석결과 스마트폰 중독으로 나타나는 건강문제, 우울증, 반사회성, 정신분열, 자존감 저하, 사회적 기대감 저하 등 SNS와 메신저 사용이 부정적인 요소와 가장 관련이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이외 게임과 동영상 등은 비교적 부정적인 문제점이 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. 주요 중독비율이 높은 항목을 중심으로 조사 대상자에게 문제점 해결책에 대한 선호도를 추가 분석하였고, 스마트폰 중독 감소를 위한 개선책을 논의하였다.

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