5. The relationships among SmartPhone, Game Addiction, psychological mindedness of youth

Title(KR)

• 청소년 마음상태와 스마트폰 및 게임중독

Title(ENG)

• The relationships among SmartPhone, Game Addiction, psychological mindedness of youth

Keywords(KR)

• Youths, psychological mindedness, smartphone·game, addiction, overuse

Keywords(ENG)

• Youths, psychological mindedness, smartphone·game, addiction, overuse

Author

• Su-il Kim

Abstract(ENG)

This article investigated the analysis of relationships between the psychological mindedness and smartphone․game addiction of youth. This study tried to point out the problems associated with the smartphone․game use of youth, and to suggest alternatives that can alleviate them. Furthermore, psychological mindedness of the youth using a smartphone․game and the relationship between smartphone․gamee addiction and sex were examined. To this end, the study conducted a survey related to psychological mindedness and smartphone․game addiction, whose subjects are 250 people of male and female youth. The consequences are as follows. First, there was no significant difference in the analysis of gender, grade level, and age groups according to smartphone․game use. Second, analysis of usage time between age groups, total hours used per day, and average use rate a month according to the level of smartphone․game was conducted. Only smartphone․game usage time per day indicated the meaningful results. Third, the analysis of the differences between sub-factors of psychological mindedness of the youth by gender and grade indicated a significant difference except for a factor of behavior understanding. Finally, analysis of the relationship between psychological mindedness and smartphone․game addiction represented that behavior understanding among sub-factors influenced smartphone․game addiction.

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