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http://dx.doi.org/10.21288/resko.2016.10.3.185

Study on Smartphone Addiction of the Disabled  

Seo, Bo Kyung (한국정보화진흥원 스마트쉼센터)
Kim, In Hye (한국정보화진흥원 스마트쉼센터)
Nam, Gil Woo (한국정보화진흥원 스마트쉼센터)
Kwon, Mi Su (한국정보화진흥원 스마트쉼센터 디지털문화본부)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.10, no.3, 2016 , pp. 185-197 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study purposed to analyse smartphone addiction characteristics of people with disabilities and suggested to establish related prevention policies for them. The analysis of 20-50 aged 494 disabled people resulted, that the smartphone addiction rate of the disabled people was 12.55%. Smartphone use-, mobile messenger-, SNS- and game time were nearly the same or higher than the potential and high risk group from the survey on internet overdependence 2015. In the question about the awareness of smartphone addiction they answered the smartphone addiction is severe in the society, and they are aware of smartphone addiction counseling center. But they will not get a service form the centers. That suggests, that the government should promote the policy of smartphone addiction for the disabled. It should provide institutional strategy and structural change for prevention of smartphone addiction for the disabled.
Keywords
disabled people; smartphone addiction; SNS; game; policy;
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