• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.65-82
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• 2016

This study examined the influence of university students' stress in their daily lives on game addiction, and investigated whether the human relation skills has a moderating effect on their daily life stress. For this study, surveys of 222 university students were collected and analyzed with SPSS 18.0 program. The results of this study are as follows: First, the participants displayed lower human relation skills as the level of stress from the studies increased. In contrast, the participants displayed higher human relation skills as the level of stress from future plans and family relations increased. Second, as the level of game addiction increased, human relation skills were found to be lower. Third, the university students' stress from daily lives had a static effect on game addiction. The participants displayed tendency of game addiction as they had high levels of stress from their studies, financial issues, future plans, values, family relations, and human relations with people apart from their family. Among the listed factors of stress, the stress from the studies most strongly influenced the participants to be addicted to games. Fourth, among the sub-factors of stress in the university students, issues in future plans and family relations significantly control the game addiction. Studies on this area has been insufficient. From the study, it is found that in order to prevent university students to be addicted to games, they must cope well with their stress. Furthermore, this study carries its significance in finding the results that human relation skills contribute as a part of dealing with stress.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.129-138
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to analyze the difference between Exercise addiction and Affect, and addiction-related potential was investigated. In addition, exercise addiction prevention and positive exercise was to identify. The participants of the study included 312 tennis club member who were more than 20 years old and lived in seoul city. The survey was analyzed by SPSS PC+ for window (version 12.0) which is a statistical analysis program to produce the computational results of this study. Based on the survey, this study could draw such results as follows: First, exercise addiction, gender and age on partial variables were statistically significant differences. A male positive addictions, exercise desire were higher than in female. 50s in the withdrawal symptoms of the variables that showed statistically significant difference participation, and period, frequency, time of exercise addiction showed that in withdrawal symptoms, positive addictions domain in a statistically meaningful differences. Second, social demographic domain in the presence of gender showed significant correlation exercise desire were and exercise participation time in the positive addictions showed significant correlation. Participation frequency and the time involved in retaining all the positive affect and negative affect have found a high correlation. Third, the influence of relation between exercise addiction and affect of tennis participants, exercise desire, positive addiction, showed in a statistically positive affect and negative affect meaningful influence on it.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.460-468
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between adolescents' internet addiction and mental health. Methods: The Internet addiction level was measured with K-Scale developed for Korean adolescents by Korea Agency Digital Opportunity & Promotion (2006) and the mental health level was measured with SCL-90-R developed by Derogatis (1977) and adapted for Korean adolescents by Kim, Kim. & Won (1984). Collected data was analyzed by the mean${\pm}$SD, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe and Pearson correlation coefficient (SPSS 12.0) Results: 1. The Internet addiction level appeared to be 'Addiction' in 19%, 'Latency addiction' in 27% and 'Normal' in 54%. 2. The Internet addiction level was different according to sex, use, frequency and using time per day. The mental health level was different according to grade, sex, the father's education, the mother's education, frequency and using time per day. 3. The correlation between Internet addiction and mental health was found significant. Conclusion: The Internet addiction level was confirmed to have an influence on mental health. We offered basis data for preventing and treating Internet addiction in adolescents.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.147-153
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• 2015

This Study is to test the causal relationships among university student's stress, personal relationships and psychological anxiety, and then suggest some theoretical and policy implications basing on the analytical results. For the purpose of this study, survey targeting on 416 university students was conducted. The analytical results of this study showed that psychological anxiety moderates the relation between the stress, personal relationship and smart phone addiction. This study suggested some implications basing on this analytical results.

• Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.45-54
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• 2006

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between internet addiction and stress coping behaviors among the 5th․6th graders Methods : there were 609 5th․6th graders from 13 school located in Jeongeup city and the data were collected from June 1-10, 2004. Research instrument to test internet addiction was 4-points summated scale composed of 20-items and the instrument to examine stress coping behaviors was also 4-points summated scale composed of 30-items. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, χ2-test, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and multiple regression analysis using SPSS/PC 10.0. Results : The results were as follows: 1.The degree of internet addiction were 2.4% of addiction, 36.5% of addiction tendency and 61.1% of non-addiction. 2. In the relation between the degree of internet addiction and subscale stress coping behaviors, Internet addiction had significant positive correlation to the passive-avoiding coping (r= .202, p= .000) and aggressive coping(r= .233, p= .000). Multiple regression analysis revealed that the most powerful predictor of internet addiction was passive-avoiding coping. Aggressive coping and active coping had significant effects on internet addiction. These predictive variables of internet addiction explained 10.2% of variance. Conclusion : From the above findings, the authors concluded that it is necessary to develop a program for prevention of the internet addiction and education of stress coping behaviors can be recommended for prevention of the internet addiction.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.168-178
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• 2001

The purpose of this thesis is to study an effect for the relation between internet addiction of adolescent and family & school background in information society, and for this study I did a factor analysis. This study surveyed with questionnaire, and analyzed 666 valid samples through SPSS program. As a result of factor analysis, in family background, ‘educational method of parents is a democratic’, ‘concerning of parents and offsprings’ and ‘intimacy of parents and of offsprings’ have main factors of family background for internet addiction of adolescent. In school background, ‘intimacy of teachers and students’, ‘satisfaction of school's educational system’, and ‘relationship among the friends in school’have main factors of school background of internet addiction of adolescent.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.103-117
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of internet usage among 5th and 6th grade of elementary school children and to elucidate the path model and the relative effects of various factors on internet addiction in the internet addiction tendency group. According to our results, the normal internet user group exhibit higher educational levels in fathers, secure attachment to mother, and warm friendship when compared to the internet addiction tendency group. At the same time, internet addiction group exhibit longer internet use time, a greater numbers of avatars in use, and higher avatars decoration costs. The research model suggested here was supported by the results. Attachment to mother appears to affect friendship which in turn affects avatars image decoration needs and avatars identification which in turn then has an impact upon internet addiction tendency. These results were then discussed in relation to previous research and theories.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.5-17
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the moderating effect of smartphone addiction on the relationship between interpersonal problem and depression. Methods: From 21 to 30 May 2013, a convenience sample of 192 subjects was recruited. Research data were collected via questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 18.0. Results: Scores for female students were higher than those for male students in smartphone addiction, interpersonal peoblems and depression. The average BDI score was 6.6. There were 29(15.1%), 11(5.7%), 8(4.0%), and 6(3.1%) students with mild, moderate, and severe depression, respectively. Significant positive correlation between smartphone addiction, interpersonal problems and depression. The moderating effect of smartphone addiction on the relationship between interpersonal problems and depression was significant. Conclusion: Smartphone addiction plays a role as a moderating variable influencing the relationship between interpersonal problems and depression, and also increases the effect of interpersonal problems on depression. When developing depression prevention programs for college students, such programs should consider strategies to decrease smartphone addiction and increase direct interpersonal relationship, and female students in particular should be included in such programs.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.119-133
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of time perspective, self-control and cellular phone addiction on academic procrastination, and to cellular phone addiction has any mediating effects in relation to the effects of adolescents' time perspective and self-control on academic procrastination. For this study, a survey was conducted with total 651 students in middle and high schools. Those who omitted responses or answered in ways which were otherwise invalid were excluded and finally, questionnaires responded to by 558 students were analyzed. Employing SPSS Win 12.0, average value, standard deviation, frequency analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis, and simple linear regression analysis were used for the purposes of statistical analysis. In conclusion, first, explanations were made in order of future-oriented time perspective which is subordinate domain of view of time perspective, self-control, and cellular phone addiction. Second, it was found that cellular phone addiction has partially mediating effect on the relationships between future-oriented time perspective which is a subordinate area of adolescents' time perspective, and academic procrastination. Third, it was found that cellular phone addiction has partially mediating effect on the relationships between adolescents' self-control and academic procrastination.

• Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.1147-1155
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• 2018

Purpose: This study investigates university students' SNS addiction tendency, trait-anxiety and quality of sleep. This study is going to offer basic resource that required to make the way that is able to reduce the anxiety with figuring out the relation between variable. Method: 213 people participated in this study is 20 to 30 age of university students who use SNS. Collecting resource period was April 4 to May 11, 2018. Analyses consisted of descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results: The findings showed SNS addiction tendency and quality of sleep(r=.45, p<.000). Major Influence factor is predicted addiction tendency of SNS using time (F=21.21, p=.000) and trait-anxiety (F=23.55, p=.000). Of the highest trait-anxiety affects quality of sleep (F=24.82 p=.000). Conclusion: These findings indicate that it is necessary to develop and implement information programs and design appropriate SNS addiction prevention programs that can induce trait-anxiety and improve quality of sleep. Thus follow-up study should have diverse participants to investigate SNS addiction tendency, trait-anxiety and quality of sleep that influenced by overusing SNS.