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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.5.311

The Relationships among Smart phone Use Motivations, Addiction, and Self-control in Nursing students  

Cho, Meekyung (Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Sciences College)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.5, 2014 , pp. 311-323 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among smart phone use motivations, addiction, and self-control in nursing students. Data were collected from June 10-18, 2013. Smart phone use motivations and addiction showed significant differences according to sex, record. Smart phone high-risk users got high-score in use motivations especially entertainment/leisure, service, and functionality, and low-score in self-control. The factors affecting smart phone addiction were record, tolerance, abstinence, difficulty of daily living, and aim for virtual world which accounted for 88.2%. Also factors affecting addiction were entertainment/leisure, flaunt/trend which accounted for 12.9%. In conclusion, smart phone use motivations was correlated positively with addiction, while addiction was correlated negatively with self-control. Therefore more positive and desirable ways of smart phone use, and plans for improvement of self-control should be studied.
Keywords
nursing students; smart phone; use motivations; addiction; self-control;
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