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The Relationship Between Interpersonal competence and Smartphone addiction in College students: Focusing on the Mediating effect of Mattering

  • The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Abbr : KJSP
  • 2018, 15(3), pp.537-557
  • DOI : 10.16983/kjsp.2018.15.3.537
  • Publisher : The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science > School / Educational Psychology
  • Received : October 24, 2018
  • Accepted : December 27, 2018
  • Published : December 31, 2018

Jusuk Song 1 Kisan Park 1 Ye In Kim 1 Heerak Choi 2 Sungman Shin 3

1한동대학교 상담심리학과
2위스콘신 대학교
3한동대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of mattering in the correlation between the college students’ interpersonal competence and smartphone addiction. The survey using interpersonal competence, mattering and smartphone addiction scale was conducted among 430 college students in Pohang area in South Korea. The mediating effect and structural model were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 20.0 program and the results of this study were summarized as follows; First, negative correlation was shown between the interpersonal competence and smartphone addiction and positive correlation was shown between mattering and interpersonal competence. Second, mattering was proven to completely mediate the correlation between interpersonal competence and smartphone addiction. This study had an implication in that it revealed the factors that influence the smartphone addiction with using Shaffer’s Addiction Syndrome model and it confirmed the correlation between the mattering and addiction. Based on the results, limitations of this study were discussed.

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