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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2018.9.2.323

A study on the Mediating Effect of Stress Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Emotional Empathy and Smartphone Addiction of University Students  

Lee, Yu-Ri (Dept. of Social Welfare, Nambu University)
Park, Jeong-Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Nambu University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.9, no.2, 2018 , pp. 323-329 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of stress coping strategies in the relationship between emotional empathy and smartphone addiction. To get the results, a survey was conducted, targeting university students. Key outcomes of the analysis were as follows. First, it was verified that emotional empathy and smartphone addiction, stress coping strategies and smartphone addiction had statistically meaningful direct relationships. Second, it was analyzed that stress coping strategies had partial mediating effects in the relationship between emotional empathy and smartphone addiction. Third, difference analysis according to gender, female students showed higher smartphone addiction and lower active stress coping strategy in comparison with male students. Based in these results, comprehensive interventions for preventing smartphone addiction were proposed.
Keywords
University students; Smartphone addiction; Emotional empathy; Stress coping strategies; Structural Equation Modeling;
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