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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2018.16.7.299

The Effect of Adult Smartphone Addiction on Memory Impairment: Focusing on the Mediating effect of Executive Function Deficiencies  

Lim, Jeeyoung (Hoseo University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.16, no.7, 2018 , pp. 299-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the mediating effect of executive function deficiencies on the relationship between smartphone addiction and memory impairment and to suggest treatment implications for adults with smartphone addiction symptoms. For this study, 300 adults(146 males and 154 females) were conducted smartphone addiction scale, Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale-Short Form(BDEFS-SF), and Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire(MMQ). The results are as follows. First, correlation analyses showed that smartphone addiction, executive function deficiencies, and memory impairment were positively correlated. Second, Smartphone addiction group showed significantly higher scores on all of the subfactors of executive function and memory impairment. Third, Stepwise regression analyses revealed that self-organization/problem solving, self-management to time, self-restraint, and withdrawal were the best predictors of memory impairment. Forth, Executive function deficiencies fully mediated the relationship between smartphone addiction and memory impairment. These findings were considered to suggest that treatment programs for smartphone addiction group needed to include training for cognitive improvement such as executive function rehabilitation.
Keywords
Smartphone addiction; Executive Function; Memory Problem; Memory Impairment; Digital Diemntia;
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