• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.153-158
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of internet addiction by self-esteem level. Most of the existing research has introduced a variety of methods to treat the addiction but the study for casual factors are not entirely satisfactory. Internet addiction is intensified by a variety of casual factors, but during the survey to validate the hypothesis that the biggest impact is the self-esteem level. According to this study, psychological factors of self-esteem is caused an internet addiction than social environmental factor and familial factor. The results of this study can be utilized in a variety of programs to increase the level of self-esteem as a reference for the treatment of internet addiction.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.232-238
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• 2012

This study investigated whether there is the difference of the level of impulsiveness school adjustment according to the internet addiction level of elementary school students or not. Also, this study examined the effect of internet addiction of elementary school students on impulsiveness and school adjustment. The result suggested that there was the difference of impulsiveness according to internet addiction level and the impulsiveness level of addiction and addiction potential groups were the highest. And, the school adjustment level of the addiction group was lower than the non-addiction and addiction potential group's. The more elementary school students are addictive, the more their impulsiveness level are higher and their school adjustment level are lower.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.499-506
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of SNS addiction on cyber-bullying among adolescents, considering the adjustment effect of friendship on this relationship. This study involved 811 middle/high school students with a gender distribution of 391 males and 420 females. According to the analysis, the higher the level of SNS addiction, the higher the level of cyber-bullying. A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to verify the moderating effect of friendship. The result shows that better peer communication and reliance lowers the impact of cyber-bullying from SNS addiction. Based on research results suggesting the popularization of proactive pre-diagnosis programs to solve SNS addiction, practical intervention plans and the limitations of research on SNS addiction and cyber-bullying in youth are suggested.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.513-526
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to examine internet addiction and maladaptation among soldiers and to ascertain how family function mediated among army soldiers. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 313 soldiers currently serving military service and was analysed using the structural equation model. The results were summarized as follows: Internet addiction had a direct effect on military adjustment and family function mediated military adjustment. Moreover, internet addiction had an indirect effect through family function, family function had a partial mediate effect on the relationship between internet addiction and military adjustment among army soldiers. Based on the findings, this study discussed the need to develop preventive and therapeutic programs to enhance army soldiers military adjustment.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.131-142
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• 2013

The current study examined how different level of self-constol and construal level influences game users' game addiction. Also we explored the interaction effect between the individual's self-control and construal level on game addiction. To answer the research questions, we conducted an online survey and total 918 participants were selected for the final analysis. According to the results, users with low level of self-control and low-level construal showed higher level of game addiction. In addition, we found a significant interaction effect between self-control and construal-level on game addiction. In high self-control group, game addiction level was low regardless of level of self-construal. However, in low self-control group, the level of construal-level affected game addiction. We found that construal-level played an important mediating variable. These findings suggest a noble insight for autonomous control in alleviatinggame addiction by changing one's level of self-control and self-construal.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.187-203
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• 2008

This research focused on the internet addiction and family communication in adolescents. The subjects were the 394 middle school students living in Gwangju. Data were analyzed with Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Std, Cronbach's $\alpha$, T-test, one way ANOVA, Duncan's Test, Pearson's Correlation, and Multiple Regression using SPSS/PC WIN 14.0 program. The major findings were as follows: 1. Schoolboys internet addiction were higher than schoolgirls. Open communication was higher than median but problem communication was slightly lower than median. 2. The adolescents' internet addiction showed significant difference according to sex, parent's absence frequency, the level of living, parent's attitude about internet, the motive, the purpose, and the times required for internet. 3. Family communications showed significant difference according to internet addiction level. 4. Open communication was influenced by the level of living, parent's attitude about internet, the times required for internet and the level of internet-addiction and was explained about 19% by these variables. Problem communication was influenced by the level of internet addiction and the level of living and was explained about 14% by these variables.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.375-383
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to identify differences in Smartphone adiction and communcation ablity according to the degree of emotional intelligence in nursing students. Subjects were 228 associate nursing students from the population that atttend 2 university in B and C city. The data were collected using self-report questionnaire from November 28 to December 16, 2016. Data were analyzed by frequencies, Independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation using SPSS Win 23.0. Emotional intelligence level were no significantly correlation with smartphone adiction. But the subscales of emotional intelligence(use of emotionals and regulator of emotionals) were a negative correlation smartphone addiction in nursing students. The higher the level of use of emotionals and regulator of emotionals, the lower the smartphone adiction. Emotional intelligence level were positive correlation with communcation ablity in nursing students. The higher the level of emotional intelligence, the higher the communication ability. Therefore, To reduce smartphone adiction and to increase communcation ablity of nursing students, it is necessary to develop and test the program for increase emotional intelligence level of nursing students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.201-211
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• 2009

The goal of this study is to examine the differences in emotional intelligence and interpersonal relationship disposition in Korean adolescents according to the internet addiction level. The results are as follows: First, Some significant differences in respondents' emotional intelligence are found according to the internet addiction level. Specifically, the internet addicted group have lower scores than the non-addicted group in various aspects such as emotional awareness, emotional expression, emotional control, and emotional application. Second, the internet addicted group show a tendency to have less independent-responsible, sympathetic-receptive, and sociable-friendly disposition than its counterparts in the respect of interpersonal relationship. Third, the internet addicted group are disposed to have more competitive-aggressive, and defiant-distrustful disposition than the respondents in the other group.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.417-438
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to find out the relations between elementary children's game addition, aggression, and personality, by making a survey with 360 children of 5th and 6th grade in the Metropolitan are. The results were made as follows: First, as it examined the real condition of computer addition, it presented a low level of addiction. There was a meaningful difference according to their gender, however no meaningful differences were found between the grades. It found that the more they had game experience, game frequency, game concentration, the more they were addicted. Second, there were significant differences when investigated the relations of game addiction and aggression, students who were in severe addicted group showed more aggressive attitudes. Aggression in general, seemed less related to the gender, but related to the level of addiction, showing higher level of physical, linguistic, negative, indirect aggression in the more addicted group. Third, when it compared the difference between the general personality by the level of game addiction, there was a meaningful difference statistically in the addicted level of p<0.01. In detail, more addicted children showed low level of sociality, achievement, mobility, stability, and they showed lower figures in comparison with normal user group. It is interpreted that they dislike to get along with friends, and unstable emotionally.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.15 no.3_1
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• pp.63-74
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to determine the status using the smartphone targeting millitary lesson students, and self-control and coping investigate the influence on smartphone addiction level. The results were also analyzed were to affect this age of smartphones college hours per day using a smartphone to an hour or more self-important 95.3% in individual daily levels of smartphone addiction to sex differences. Smartphone addiction levels showed a higher female than male students, the higher the self-control and self-control over the smartphone results of analyzing the relationship between addiction smartphone addiction has been analyzed to be lowered. In addition, even between coping and smartphone addiction emerged as significant results. In conclusion, the self-control necessary for use in smartphones and use time period, and this was demonstrated that coping problem-oriented coping strategies are required. Were discussing the implications of the study on the basis of these findings, we discuss the future research challenges and limitations.