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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2021.26.07.075

The Impacts of University Students' Aggression on University Life Adjustment through Smartphone Addiction  

Cha, Eun-Jin (Dept. of Social Welfare, Honam University)
Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the causal relationship between university students' aggression and college life adjustment and to test whether smartphone addiction had a mediating effect between the two variables. A sample of 368 students from 5 universities in G Metropolitan City were included in the analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the hypotheses. The major results were as follows. First, university students' aggression had a significant positive effect on smartphone addiction. Second, the effect of aggression on college life adjustment was not significant. Third, university students' smartphone addiction had a significant negative effect on college life adjustment. Fourth, university students' aggression had a significant effect on college life adjustment through smartphone addiction. Finally, theoretical and practical implications were discussed in terms of enhancing college life adjustment.
Keywords
Aggression; Smartphone addiction; College life adjustment; Mediating effect; SEM;
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