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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2016.7.1.113

The Effect of Self-Esteem and Depression on Smartphone Addiction among University Students  

Yang, Kyoung-Mi (Dept. of Nursing, Joongbu University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.7, no.1, 2016 , pp. 113-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of self-esteem and depression on smartphone addiction among university students. A descriptive correlation study design was used with a convenience sample consisting of 349 university students. SPSS Win21.0 program was used for the descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis, and multiple-regression analysis. The significant factors for Smartphone addiction were spent time on smartphone, improve test score, and depression. These factors explained 28% of the variance in Smartphone addiction. In conclusion, the results of this study indicated that for university students with smartphone addiction and depression, there is a need to develop an intervention program to prevent smartphone addiction and improve depression. Thus, it is important to provide services to reduce depression among university students.
Keywords
University students; Body Mass Index; Self esteem; Depression; Smartphone addiction;
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