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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.6.39

The Effects of Personal, Environmental, SmartPhone Characteristics Factors on the SmartPhone Addiction Degrees and Daily Life of University Students  

Ahn, Hyun-Sook (School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.6, 2017 , pp. 39-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined what leads to smartphone addiction by looking into personal, environmental, and smartphone characteristics, to identify their influences on the degree of addiction and changes in daily life. Therefore, surveys were conducted on college undergraduates, who get easily addicted to smartphones The study hypotheses were evaluated through a structural equation model on a total of 370 collected survey questionnaires Findings revealed: first, with reference to personal characteristics, the more competent and highly related one is, the more negatively influenced one is in getting addicted to smartphones. Second, as for environmental characteristics, the bigger the social impact is, the more positively influenced one is on smartphone addiction. Third, among the characteristics of a smartphone, the ubiquity showed a positive influence on smartphone addiction. Lastly, the degree to which one is addicted to a smartphone has(either positive or negative) on the changes in one's daily life. These results are not intended to blindly inhibit smartphone use by highlighting the negative aspects of smartphones, but are expected to serve as basic data to develop a preventative and remedial program based on the degree of smartphone addiction.
Keywords
Smartphone Addiction; University Students; Daily Life; Positive Impact; Negative Impact;
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