Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

The Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (대한생물정신의학회)
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Associations between Smartphone Addiction Proneness and Psychopathology

스마트폰중독과 정신병리 사이의 상관관계

  • Lee, Sung-Jae (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Kim, Borah (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Choi, Tai Kiu (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hyuk (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Yook, Ki-Hwan (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
  • 이성재 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 김보라 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 최태규 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 이상혁 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 육기환 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.09.23
  • Accepted : 2014.10.01
  • Published : 2014.11.30
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Abstract

Objectives This study aims to investigate possible associations between proneness toward smartphone addiction and certain psychopathological variables to evaluate the psychopathological meaning of smartphone addiction. Methods Questionnaires were assigned to 755 adults between September and November 2012. We used the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale (SAPS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), and the Barratt Impulsivity Scale-11 (BIS-11). Subjects were classified into two groups according to the scores of the SAPS ; the addiction proneness group and the normal-user group. Results The addiction proneness group had significantly higher scores than the normal-user group in the BDI, BAI, OCI-R, and BIS-11. The scores of the SAPS were positively correlated with the scores of the BDI, BAI, OCI-R, and BIS-11. Using logistic regression analysis, smartphone addiction proneness showed a significant association with BIS-11. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that smartphone addiction proneness may be associated with depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and impulsivity. Furthermore, impulsivity could be a vulnerability marker for smartphone addiction proneness.

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