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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.1.443

Multiple Mediating Effects of Depression, Academic Helplessness, and Smartphone Addiction Tendency in The Relationship between Self-esteem and Grit of Adolescents

Kim, Do-Hee (Dep. of Education, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Hyeok-jin (Dep. of Counseling Psychology, Dongshin University)

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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.1, 2021 , pp. 443-451 More about this Journal

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effects of depression, academic helplessness, and smartphone addiction tendency in the relationship between self-esteem and grit of adolescents. Data from the 2018 (first-year) Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey were used in this study. The subjects of this study were 1,375 male and 1,166 female students in seventh grade school. The multiple mediation model analysis was conducted using the SPSS and PROCESS macro program. The results of this study are as follows. First, there was a positive correlation between self-esteem and grit, while self-esteem and grit had negative correlations with depression, academic helplessness, smartphone addiction. Second, it was found that the relationship between self-esteem and grit was mediated by depression, academic helplessness, and smartphone addiction tendency, respectively, and furthermore, it was found that all pathways mediated sequentially were also significant. These results suggest that education and intervention considering self-esteem, depression, academic helplessness, and smartphone addiction to be useful as a way to help adolescents develop interest in specific goals and continue their efforts in these days when smartphone use is common.

Keywords

Self-Esteem; Depression; Smartphone Addiction; Grit; KCYPS 2018;

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