Smartphone Addiction and Anxiety in Adolescents - A Cross-sectional Study
- 주제(키워드) smartphone addiction , adolescent , anxiety , Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale , Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale
- 주제(기타) Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- 설명문(일반) [Kim, Kitai] Honam Univ, Dept Journalism & Broadcasting, Gwangju, South Korea; [Yee, Jeong; Gwak, Hye Sun] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul, South Korea; [Yee, Jeong; Gwak, Hye Sun] Ewha Womans Univ, Grad Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Seoul, South Korea; [Chung, Jee Eun] Hanyang Univ, Coll Pharm, Ansan, South Korea; [Kim, Hyun Jeong; Han, Ji Min; Lee, Kyung Eun] Chungbuk Natl Univ, Coll Pharm, Cheongju, South Korea; [Kim, Joo Hee] Ajou Univ, Coll Pharm, Suwon, South Korea; [Kim, Joo Hee] Ajou Univ, Inst Pharmaceut Sci & Technol, Suwon, South Korea
- 등재 SSCI
- 발행기관 PNG PUBLICATIONS
- 발행년도 2021
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000183812
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.45.5.9
- PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34702436
초록/요약
Objectives: The overuse of smartphones affects physical, social, and psychological well-being. However, research on smartphone addiction and anxiety disorders is scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction risk in Korean adolescents. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey method. We used the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale to assess anxiety symptoms and we used the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale index to evaluate the degree of high-risk or at-risk for smartphone addiction. Results: Analyses were performed for 1733 adolescents, including 771 boys and 962 girls. The high-risk or at-risk group for smartphone addiction accounted for 20.1% (p < .0001). Total anxietyscalescore,aswellasphysiologicalanxiety,oversensitivity,andsocialconcerncategorieswere statistically different among levels of smartphone addiction risk (all ps < .0001). Multivariate analysis showed that poor self-reported health level, higher risk of smartphone addiction, having fewer close friends, caffeine drink consumption, female sex, and alcohol use were associated with greater anxiety. Conclusions: Management of smartphone addiction seems to be essential for proper psychological health. There is an urgent need to develop a way to prevent smartphone addiction on a social level.
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