Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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Effects of Gender and Interpersonal Factors on Early Adolescents' Trajectories of Mobile Phone Use With Reference to its Purposes

초기 청소년의 성별 및 대인관계 요인이 휴대전화 용도별 이용빈도의 변화에 미치는 영향

  • Seo, Mijung (Faculty of Human Ecology & Welfare, Jeju National University)
  • 서미정 (제주대학교 생활환경복지학부)
  • Received : 2017.01.04
  • Accepted : 2017.03.23
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the trajectories of mobile phone use with reference to its purposes, and to examine the effects of gender and interpersonal factors on the same in early adolescents. Methods: Latent growth modeling was used with a sample of 2,378 early adolescents from Grade 4 to 8. Data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute were used. Results: In boys and girls, overtime, the level of mobile phone use for communicating with family decreased, while that for communicating with friends increased. Level of mobile phone use for entertainment increased across time in boys; however, in girls, it increased from Grade 4 to 6 and decreased thereafter, until Grade 8. Gender was associated with the changes of mobile phone use according to the purpose of the same. Positive parenting, negative parenting, relationships with peers, and relationships with teachers predicted changes in mobile phone use for communicating with friends. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the processes involved in the trajectories of mobile phone use in early adolescence operate differently based on the purposes of the same. Additionally, the present results show that interpersonal factors are highly associated with mobile phone use for communicating with friends.

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