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A study on the Mediating Effect of Stress Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Emotional Empathy and Smartphone Addiction of University Students

대학생의 정서적 공감, 스트레스 대처방식, 스마트폰 중독의 구조모형 연구: 스트레스 대처방식의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2017.12.13
  • Accepted : 2018.02.20
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of stress coping strategies in the relationship between emotional empathy and smartphone addiction. To get the results, a survey was conducted, targeting university students. Key outcomes of the analysis were as follows. First, it was verified that emotional empathy and smartphone addiction, stress coping strategies and smartphone addiction had statistically meaningful direct relationships. Second, it was analyzed that stress coping strategies had partial mediating effects in the relationship between emotional empathy and smartphone addiction. Third, difference analysis according to gender, female students showed higher smartphone addiction and lower active stress coping strategy in comparison with male students. Based in these results, comprehensive interventions for preventing smartphone addiction were proposed.

본 연구는 대학생의 정서적 공감과 스마트폰 중독 간의 구조적 관계에서 스트레스 대처방식이 갖는 매개효과를 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 4년제 대학생을 대상으로 정서적 공감, 스트레스 대처방식, 스마트폰 중독 척도를 이용하여 설문조사 하였고, 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 정서적 공감과 스마트폰 중독 사이 그리고 스트레스 대처방식과 스마트폰 중독 사이에 직접적인 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 스트레스 대처방식은 정서적 공감과 스마트폰 중독 사이의 영향관계에서 부분매개효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 적극적 대처방식은 스마트폰 중독 수준을 감소시키는 간접효과가, 소극적 대처는 스마트폰 중독을 악화시키는 간접효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 셋째, 성별에 따른 영향력 분석결과, 여학생의 스마트폰 중독 수준이 더 높고, 남학생의 경우 적극적 대처방식을 더 많이 활용하는 것으로 분석되었다. 이 결과를 토대로 대학생의 스마트폰 중독을 중재할 수 있는 유용한 실천적 함의를 제시하며, 스트레스 대처방식 및 성별에 따른 차별화된 전략 수립을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다.

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