Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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The Determinants of Smartphone Addiction among Mothers of Infants, Focusing on Their Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Parental Stress, and Parental Knowledge

영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 스마트폰 중독 결정요인 : 사회 인구학적 특성, 양육스트레스, 양육지식을 중심으로

  • 서혜성 (경희대학교 교육대학원 유아교육전공) ;
  • 김연하 (경희대학교 생활과학대학 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2014.07.15
  • Accepted : 2014.10.14
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

This study explored the determinants of smartphone addiction among mothers of infants, focusing on their socio-demographic characteristics, parental stress, and parental knowledge. A total 220 mothers of infants were surveyed and the collected data were analyzed by binary logistic regression. A considerable percentage (16%) of mothers of infants were observed to be at a risk of smartphone addiction, which was significantly higher than the percentage (8%) of adult population at risk of smartphone addiction reported by the Korean government. Parental stress from dysfunctional parent-child relationships was a risk factor and parental knowledge about infant development was observed to be a protective factor when it came to the smartphone addiction of mothers' with infants. However, socio-demographic characteristics (number of children, age, education, family income, and job) did not have statistically significant associations with their smartphone addiction.

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