• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.98-111
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• 2019

This study suggests a proper studying direction of research on relationship addiction problem. And it presents fundamental research data by analysing domestic research trends of relationship addiction among various crises of people have addiction problem. For analysis of trends on relationship addiction, I searched almost all master's and doctoral dissertations and academic journals which were studied on "addiction", "relationship addiction", "addiction relationship" from 2005 to 2019 in Korea. Also I have surveyed various publications in the data base of Research Information Sharing Service, academic research data base, the National Assembly Library and the National Central Library in Korea. And for the reasonable results, I have studied the research according to 4 steps such as "collecting data and analyzing precedent research", "building analysis criterion", "cording and analysis", "making conclusion and suggesting the development direction" The results of this study are like these. The total number of researches on relationship addiction is 67. The object of those studies were limited adult's or undergraduate students's relationship addiction. So it is necessary that the fields of relationship addiction research are expanding gradually. And the research shows that the relationship addiction problem is directly related with sexual prostitution. Therefore, there are enough needs to study more in diverse, different point of view. Also it is suggested that the proper analyses methodology of relationship addiction shoud be used and new analysis criterions should be developed. In this study, the necessity of further more study is proposed in various ways of methodology about the relation of social problem and relationship addiction. And from this study, it is proved that expending the objects and fields of the study on relationship addiction, the factors analysis on addiction, study models of addiction must be necessary to be studied.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.53-70
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• 2020

Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating effects of mother's smartphone addiction on the relationship between mothers' parenting stress and young children's smartphone addiction. Methods: This study conducted a survey targeting a total of 327 mothers with young children between the ages of 3-5 years that were attending kindergartens and daycare centers in Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, and the Busan region. After exploring the relationship between mothers' parenting stress, mothers' smartphone addiction, and young children's smartphone addiction based on the collected data, this study comparatively analyzed the complete mediation and partial mediation models by using the structural equation. Results: The mothers' smartphone addiction played a partial mediating role in the relationship between mothers' parenting stress and young children's smartphone addiction. In other words, the mothers' parenting stress and mothers' smartphone addiction were important variables for young children's smartphone addiction. Conclusion/Implications: This study aims to provide basiv data for the prevention of problems caused by young children's smartphone addiction, by exploring the paths of mothers' parenting stress and mothers' smartphone addiction which have effects on young children's smartphone addiction.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.40-46
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preliminary effects of the Peer Relationship Enhancement Program in adolescents deemed to be in an at-risk group for Internet and smartphone addiction. Methods: The study group consisted of 33 adolescent participants (24 boys and 9 girls) at risk of Internet and smartphone addiction in small and medium-sized cities. The subjects participated in 8 consecutive sessions of the Peer Relationship Enhancement Program. The Korean Internet Addiction Proneness Scale, the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale, the Real-Ideal Self Discrepancy Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Peer Intimacy Scale, and the Escaping from the Self Scale were evaluated before the initial and after the final session. A paired t-test was performed to statistically analyze the data. Results: The Peer Relationship Enhancement Program led to a significant decrease (p<0.05) in self-reported measures of The Korean Internet Addiction Proneness Scale, the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale, and the Real-Ideal Self Discrepancy Scale. Conclusion: The Peer Relationship Enhancement Program reduces the risk of Internet and smartphone addiction and effectively prevents the associated problems.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.89-95
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• 2017

This study examines the effect of smartphone to adolescent's mental health and defines moderating effect of parent-child relationship. For this purpose, 278 subjects were surveyed from 1 middle schools in Gwangju and Jeonnam area. The result of this study are as follows. First, when verifying the impact of smartphone addiction on their mental health, The smartphone addiction was found as the key variable that has a negative impact on mental health. The results indicated that adolescents with higher levels of smartphone addiction more likely to have lower levels of mental health. Second, impact of parent-child relationship on their mental health was analyzed. The analytic results suggest that parent-child relationship has a impact on their mental health. In other words, higher parent-child relationship means higher mental health. Third, the moderating effect of parent-child relationship was analyzed. The parent-child relationship check the moderating effect of do smartphone addiction on their mental health. The implications for social work practice were also discussed.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.243-250
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between internet addiction and stress of college students. To assess the degree of internet addiction, internet addiction test of the center for online addiction was completed. Subjects were divided into three group depending on internet addiction ; subjects with 20-49 internet scores were grouping as 'normal usage group', subjects with 50-79 internet scores were grouping as 'addiction tendency group', and subjects with more than 80 internet scores were grouping as 'internet addiction group'. In this study it is found that interpersonal relationship stress is significantly related to internet addiction. Also, the result of this study shows that home background stress and school background stress have influence on internet addiction.

• Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.1026-1031
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• 2017

Purpose. This study was to investigate the relationships among mobile internet addiction, sleep quality, anxiety, and interpersonal relationship in university students. Method. A descriptive study design was used. Between 10 and 31 March 2016, 213 subjects completed a questionnaire consisting of questions on mobile internet addiction, anxiety, sleep quality, and interpersonal relationship. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, One way-ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient SPSS/WIN 21.0 programs. Results. Among mobile internet addiction there were significant differences between gender (t=3.40, p<.001), grade (F= 2.31, p<.001), majority field (F=5.34, p=.005), and take exercise (t=3.50, p<.001). This study has shown that mobile internet addiction were associated with sleep quality (r=-.40, p<.001) and anxiety (r=.14, p=.037). In addition, a correlation has been found significant between anxiety, and sleep quality (r=.48, p<.001), and sleep quality has associated with interpersonal relationship (r=-.46, p<.001). Conclusion. In this study, we revealed the observed a meaningful significant correlation between mobile internet addiction, sleep quality and anxiety. Therefore, it is important to emphasize control of mobile internet addiction for university students. The results of this study can be used as a basis on which to develop a mobile internet addiction intervention program.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.579-589
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• 2021

The study is to verify the mediating effect of self-compassion in the relationship between abandonment anxiety and relationship addiction. To this end, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 250 men and women in early adulthood, using the scales of abandonment anxiety, self-compassion, and relationship addiction, of which 237 were used for the final analysis. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed using the SPSS 21.0 program, and mediating effects were confirmed using the PROCESS macro. The results of the study are as follows. First, abandonment anxiety showed negative correlation with self-compassion, and positive correlation with relationship addiction. Self-compassion showed negative correlation with relationship addiction. Second, in the relationship between abandonment anxiety and relationship addiction, self-compassion showed a partial mediating effect. Through this study, the relationship between abandonment anxiety and relationship addiction and the effectiveness of self-compassion to manage it were confirmed. Based on the results of this study, the significance and limitations of this study and suggestions for subsequent studies were presented.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.775-782
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• 2016

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of smart phone addiction on personal relationship in dental hygiene students. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 475 dental hygiene students in Gyeonggido and Chungcheongdo from May 9 to June 10, 2016. Except incomplete questionnaire, data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 program. The instruments consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, smartphone addiction, and personal relationship. Results: The percentage of smart phone was 23.0% in a risk group and 77.0% in a general group. The level of smartphone had a statistically significant difference with personal relationship(p<0.05). Smartphone addiction resulted in bad personal relationship. Conclusions: Smartphone addiction problem interrupts personal relationship. It is very important to reduce smart phone addiction through a variety of solution.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.197-202
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• 2021

The main purpose of this study is to check whether the family relationship of adolescents has an impact on smartphone addiction and to verify of direct effects and moderating effects in according to self-efficacy. The survey was conducted to the adolescents who were second grade middle school students with 318 subjects in G metropolitan city. This study results found the followings: Family relationship and selfe-efficacy revealed direct influence on smartphone addiction. Moreover, the self-efficacy check the moderating effect of do family relationship on smartphone addiction. The results of this study are significant in that they demonstrated the influence of family relationship and self-effect on smartphone addiction and imply that self-efficacy can decrease or prevent smartphone addiction from family relationship problem.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.175-185
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• 2017

This study examines the mediating effects of learned helplessness and procrastination in the relationship between social-psychological stress and internet${\cdot}$smartphone addiction among adults. The study subjects were 231 adults (114 males and 117 females) with a mean age of 27.7(SD=6.6) years. The results of the study are as follows. First, stress and internet${\cdot}$smartphone addiction had a significant positive correlation. Second, the mediating effect of learned helplessness in the relationship between stress and internet addiction was significant. Third, the mediating effect of learned helplessness through procrastination in the relationship between stress and internet addiction was significant. Forth, the mediating effect of learned helplessness in the relationship between stress and smartphone addiction was significant. Fifth, the mediating effect of learned helplessness through procrastination in the relationship between stress and smartphone addiction was significant. Based on the results of this study, we discussed the role of helplessness and procrastination in the relationship between stress and internet addiction.