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Impact of Aggression on Mobile Phone Dependency Among High School Students: Testing the Mediating Effect of Self-esteem

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2019, 24(10), pp.257-265
  • DOI : 10.9708/jksci.2019.24.10.257
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
  • Received : September 26, 2019
  • Accepted : October 25, 2019
  • Published : October 31, 2019

Cha Eun Jin 1

1호남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship between aggression and mobile phone dependency among high school students and to test the mediating effect of self-esteem, and to draw out implications in order to encourage proper use of mobile phone. In this paper, we proposed a research model between aggression, self-esteem and mobile phone dependency. The present study analyzed the fourth, fifth, and sixth wave data from KCYPS 2010, using the structural equation modeling. The primary results were as follows. First, the effect of high school students’ aggression on mobile phone dependency was not significant. Second, high school students’ aggression had a significantly negative effect on self-esteem. Third, high school students’ self-esteem had a significantly positive effect on mobile phone dependency. Fourth, high school students’ self-esteem could be a significant mediator between aggression and mobile phone dependency. In conclusion, theoretical and practical suggestions were discussed in order to solve the problem of adolescents’ mobile phone dependency.

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