Unravelling the effect of cell phone reliance on adolescent self-control

Joonggon Kim, Gyeongseok Oh and Sonja E. Siennick

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 87, issue C, 78-85

Abstract: This study examines whether cell phones are a plausible source of adolescent behavioral problems by testing whether cell phone reliance is associated with adolescent self-control. We estimate two-level random effects regression models using three waves of the Korean Children Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) data. The results revealed that cell phone reliance might have a contemporaneous negative effect on the level of adolescent self-control, but it has no long-term association with self-control. Concerns about the long-term effects of excessive cell phone use on adolescent self-control may be overstated, and any effect of cell phone reliance may be transient.

Keywords: Self-control; Cell phone; HLM; KCYPS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.02.022

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