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http://dx.doi.org/10.5932/JKPHN.2018.32.3.411

Mental Health and Physical Health by College Students' Smartphone Addiction  

Yun, Hun Seo (Gangwondo Mental Health Welfare Center)
Kwon, Myung Soon (Division of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Hallym University)
Yu, Jeong Soon (Division of Nursing, Hallym University)
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Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing / v.32, no.3, 2018 , pp. 411-423 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to form a healthy smartphone culture and serve as basic materials for developing smartphone addiction intervention program by understanding mental health and physical health of college students caused by smartphone addiction. Methods: The data collected from 261 college students at G and S city universities who understood the purpose of this study and consented to take part in the study were analyzed on mean, standard deviation, frequency, Chi square test and t-test using SPSS 20.0. Results: The result showed that the level of smartphone addiction was significantly different according to gender, age, type of college, satisfaction with college life and satisfaction with family life. The smartphone addiction risk group showed higher score in life stress, depression, social avoidance and distress than the general user group and the physical health was also higher in the risk group than the general user group. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop and apply customized intervention plan per each person's characteristics and level of addiction to prevent addiction and improve health condition from overuse of smartphone.
Keywords
College students; Smartphone; Addiction; Mental health;
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