J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2018 Dec;27(4):406-414. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2018.27.4.406.

Associations between Elementary School Students' Cell Phone Dependency and Aggression: The Mediating Effects of Diverse Leisure Activities

• Kim HS
• You JO
• Jung C
• Hyung N

• KMID: 2430265
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2018.27.4.406

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cell phone dependency and aggression in elementary school students with the mediating effect of leisure activities in South Korea.
METHODS
Data were cross-sectional in study design with 1,555 fourth grade elementary school students participating in the 4th-year Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS/WIN 23.0 and AMOS 21.0 program.
RESULTS
Cell phone dependency has a significant effect on aggression, but it did not act as a control variable in the relationship between the protective factor, weekly book reading time and the amount of daytime play with aggression. Weekly entertainment time and weekly TV and video viewing time had a significant statistical effect on aggression, thus this study confirmed that cell phone dependency acts as a control variable in relation to aggression.
CONCLUSION
As the entertainment time for elementary school students, the time spent watching TV and videos play a negative role, it is necessary to prepare a leisure activity management practice and strategies with an emphasis on entertainment time as well as, TV and video viewing as elementary school students' leisure activities for a healthy school life.

Keyword

Cell phone; Dependency (Psychology); Aggression; Leisure activities

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Aggression*
Cell Phones*
Child
Dependency (Psychology)
Humans
Korea
Leisure Activities*
Negotiating*
Protective Factors
Statistics as Topic

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  Figure 1 Tested model of mediating effects of diverse leisure activities on the relationship between cell phone dependency and aggression.

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