• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.103-112
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• 2020

Smartphones, now a necessity for modern people, have become more than just an appliance, but an object of obsession for many. This has resulted in smartphone addiction in many modern people. However, the phenomenon of object addiction can lie beyond the problem of the object itself, varying according to the psychological characteristics of the subjects who use it. For this reason, this study aimed to examine adult attachment and covert narcissism as factors influencing smartphone addiction in college students. In order to do this subjects' level of smartphone addiction, adult attachment and covert narcissism needed to be measured on a scale of smartphone addiction, adult attachment and covert narcissism. Regression analysis was conducted with smartphone addiction set as the dependent variable and adult attachment and covert narcissism as independent variables. As a result, we observed anxiety attachment related to adult attachment and hypersensitivity/weakness of covert narcissism played roles in smartphone addiction. These findings suggest that in order to understand smartphone addiction in college students, it is important to know the psychological characteristics of our subjects.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.47-68
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• 2014

This study investigated the relationship between smartphone addiction propensities and leisure satisfaction according to leisure time constraints among university students and attempted to promote an effective and desirable leisure culture. The main findings were as follows: First, leisure time constraints showed differences in terms of the withdrawal factors, overall smartphone addiction propensities, and leisure satisfaction; self-efficacy showed significant differences in terms of withdrawal and overall smartphone addiction propensities; and control showed a significant difference in leisure satisfaction. Second, in the case of university students, it was revealed that regardless of leisure constraints, as disturbance of daily living and tolerance are higher, leisure satisfaction is lower in those with smartphone addiction propensities.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.197-202
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• 2021

The main purpose of this study is to check whether the family relationship of adolescents has an impact on smartphone addiction and to verify of direct effects and moderating effects in according to self-efficacy. The survey was conducted to the adolescents who were second grade middle school students with 318 subjects in G metropolitan city. This study results found the followings: Family relationship and selfe-efficacy revealed direct influence on smartphone addiction. Moreover, the self-efficacy check the moderating effect of do family relationship on smartphone addiction. The results of this study are significant in that they demonstrated the influence of family relationship and self-effect on smartphone addiction and imply that self-efficacy can decrease or prevent smartphone addiction from family relationship problem.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.15 no.3_1
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• pp.63-74
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to determine the status using the smartphone targeting millitary lesson students, and self-control and coping investigate the influence on smartphone addiction level. The results were also analyzed were to affect this age of smartphones college hours per day using a smartphone to an hour or more self-important 95.3% in individual daily levels of smartphone addiction to sex differences. Smartphone addiction levels showed a higher female than male students, the higher the self-control and self-control over the smartphone results of analyzing the relationship between addiction smartphone addiction has been analyzed to be lowered. In addition, even between coping and smartphone addiction emerged as significant results. In conclusion, the self-control necessary for use in smartphones and use time period, and this was demonstrated that coping problem-oriented coping strategies are required. Were discussing the implications of the study on the basis of these findings, we discuss the future research challenges and limitations.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.49-54
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• 2020

In this study, we point out the problem of child and adolescent smartphone addiction, analyze the effects of these smartphone addictions on adolescents, and study how to prevent smartphone addiction. Most young people living in the current era of smartphone have adoption smartphones. Smartphone addiction among adolescents have caused a variety of problems including youth personality, sociality, interpersonal relationships, and depression. We do not only analyze the problem of addiction. We do analyze various problems such as academic stress, family discord, peer relationships, etc. Investigate is not only the situation at risk, but also, it considers its environment. In this research, we presented not only the problem of smartphone addiction in adolescents itself, but also the effects of some problems on adolescents and how to prevent smartphone addiction.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

Objective : The purpose of this study was to compare sensory processing ability by smartphone addiction levels in preschool children, and to investigate the correlation between smartphone addiction level and sensory processing ability within smartphone addiction group. Method : The subjects of this study were 324 persons, with 124 persons in the addiction group and 200 in the normal user group. Measurements in this study were a questionnaire about general characteristics of subject, smartphone addiction scale, and short sensory profile. Methods for the data analysis included descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson correlation analysis of SPSS 22.0. Results : There was a significant difference in the total Short Sensory Profile (SSP) score and in all sub-domains between the addiction and normal use groups (p<0.05). In the smartphone addiction group, there was a negative correlation between the SSP total score (r=-.278), auditory filtering (r=-.293), visual/auditory sensitivity (r=-.393) and smartphone addiction level. Conclusion : This study confirmed that there was a difference in smartphone addiction and sensory processing ability between the preschool children addiction and normal use groups. It has been proven that there is an interrelationship between sensory processing ability and smartphone addiction in the addiction group. It is significant in that it provides basic data to prevent smartphone addiction.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.185-197
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• 2016

This study purposed to analyse smartphone addiction characteristics of people with disabilities and suggested to establish related prevention policies for them. The analysis of 20-50 aged 494 disabled people resulted, that the smartphone addiction rate of the disabled people was 12.55%. Smartphone use-, mobile messenger-, SNS- and game time were nearly the same or higher than the potential and high risk group from the survey on internet overdependence 2015. In the question about the awareness of smartphone addiction they answered the smartphone addiction is severe in the society, and they are aware of smartphone addiction counseling center. But they will not get a service form the centers. That suggests, that the government should promote the policy of smartphone addiction for the disabled. It should provide institutional strategy and structural change for prevention of smartphone addiction for the disabled.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.582-590
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• 2016

This study examined the relationships among smartphone addiction, parenting attitudes and resilience to identify the relevant factors affecting smartphone addiction. Data were collected from a total of 220 middle school students responding to questionnaires in G city and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, Pearson coefficient correlation, and multiple regression. The results showed that the parenting attitude and resilience were negatively correlated with smartphone addiction. The significant factors affecting smartphone addiction were gender, the time of smartphone usage, parenting attitudes, and resilience. These variables explained 21.9% of smartphone addiction and the highest factor was the parenting attitudes, followed by gender, time of smartphone usage, and resilience. This study indicated that it is important to develop a program to ensure adolescents positively perceive parenting attitudes and increase their resilience to decrease the incidence of smartphone addiction.

• 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.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

This study presents an examination of the effects of the sub-factors of both self-control and school adjustment on smartphone addiction among a sample of elementary school students. The study is comprised of 93 5^th-grade students from x elementary school located in Seoul, Korea. A descriptive analysis, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis were performed, and the following two study results are presented: 1) Among the sub-factors of self-control, instant gratification positively predicts smartphone addiction. 2) Among the sub-factors of school adjustment, a student's adherence to school rules negatively predicts smartphone addiction. Based on these results, the implications for preventing smartphone addiction among elementary-school students are discussed.