학령 초기 아동의 스마트폰 과의존이 문제행동에 미치는 영향: 수면문제의 매개효과
The Effect of Children’s Smartphone Overdependence on Problem Behaviors: The Mediating Effect of Sleep Problems
- 발행
- 2023
- 소속·발행
- 충북대학교
- 출처
- 국내 KCI
- DOI
- 10.5723/kjcs.2023.44.3.309
- 원문등록
- 2023-08-31
- 원문
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개념
키워드
스마트폰 과의존, 수면문제, 내재화 문제행동, 외현화 문제행동, 학령 초기, smartphone overdependence, sleep problems, internalizing problem behaviors, externalizing problem behaviors, early elementary years
초록
Objectives: This study explored the relationship between early elementary school children’s smartphone overdependence, sleep problems, and problem behaviors. Specifically, it examined the direct effect of children’s smartphone overdependence on problem behaviors and the indirect effect of their smartphone overdependence on problem behaviors through sleep problems.
 Methods: About 283 mothers rearing first to third grade elementary school children (135 boys and 148 girls) answered questionnaires on their children’s smartphone overdependence, sleep problems, and problem behaviors. The Model 4 of PROCESS macro version 3.4 was used for data analysis.
 Results: First, children’s smartphone overdependence had a positive effect on their internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. Children who were highly dependent on smartphones exhibited more internalizing or externalizing problem behaviors. Second, children’s smartphone overdependence had a positive effect on sleep problems, which in turn had a positive effect on internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. Children who were highly dependent on smartphones experienced more sleep problems, which increased their int