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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2013.22.6.587

Effects of Self-Control, Parent-Adolescent Communication, and School Life Satisfaction on Smart-phone Addiction for Middle School Students  

Lee, Su Jin (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
Moon, Hyuk Jun (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.22, no.6, 2013 , pp. 587-598 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to examine (the) effects of self-control, parent-adolescent communication, and school life satisfaction on smart-phone addiction for middle school students. The 127 students who were classified as smart-phone addicts among first to third grade at two middle schools located in Gyunggido were sampled with a survey. T-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis were used. The results of study were as follows. First, smart-phone addiction make no difference according to adolescent's sex and grade. Second, the relations between smart-phone addiction and the factors included self-control, parent-adolescent communication, and school life satisfaction were negatively correlated. As a result, the higher self-control, parent-adolescent communication, and school life satisfaction were, the lower smart -phone addiction was. Third, it is significant as variable that adverse effect, low rank class of parent-adolescent communication and personal relationship, same class as the former of school life satisfaction exert influence on smart phone addiction.
Keywords
self-control; parent-adolescent communication; school life satisfaction; smart-phone addiction;
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