Psychological Characteristics and Addiction Propensity According to Content Type of Smartphone Use

Jinhee Lee, Joung-Sook Ahn, Seongho Min and Min-Hyuk Kim
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Jinhee Lee: Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Gangwon-do, Wonju 26426, Korea
Joung-Sook Ahn: Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Gangwon-do, Wonju 26426, Korea
Seongho Min: Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Gangwon-do, Wonju 26426, Korea
Min-Hyuk Kim: Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Gangwon-do, Wonju 26426, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between content type of smartphone use and psychological characteristics and addiction propensity, including the average time of smartphone use and problematic smartphone use. Data were obtained from the 2017 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, a nationally representative survey of middle- and high-school students ( n = 62,276). The content type of smartphone use was divided into four categories: (1) Study, (2) Social-Networking Services (SNS), (3) Game, and (4) Entertainment. The association of depressive mood and suicidal ideation with content type of smartphone use was analyzed, using multiple and binary logistic regression analyses, respectively. The relationship between content type of smartphone use and time spent on smartphone use and problematic smartphone use was analyzed by using multiple logistic regression, adjusted for related covariables. The results of this study revealed that depressive mood and suicidal ideation were significantly associated with the SNS smartphone use group, compared with the other groups. Our results also indicate that the SNS group showed higher addiction propensity, such as overuse and experiencing adverse consequences of smartphone use.

Keywords: suicide; suicide attempts; intervention; case management; smartphone use; addiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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