J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2011 Sep;20(3):271-280. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.3.271.

Factors related to the Overuse of Mobile Phone in Elementary School Students

• Lee KS
• Ahn HR
• Lee KH

• KMID: 2321915
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.3.271

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to explore the correlation among mobile phone overuse, mental health and school adaptation, and to identify factors related mobile phone overuse.
METHODS
A questionnaire was filled out by 943 elementary school students from 3rd to 6th grade in the cities of Busan and Ulsan. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 12.0 program were used to analyze the collected data.
RESULTS
Mobile phone overuse in the elementary school students was positively correlated with mental health, and negatively correlated with school adaptation. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed the factors as school grade, gender, depression, anxiety, learning adaptation, adaptation to friends and adaptation rules significantly accounted for 23% of the variance for mobile phone overuse. The most significant factor influencing overuse of mobile phone was school grade.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that early screening and intervention programs for students with low mental health and low school adjustment would be helpful in preventing future mobile phone overuse.

Keyword

Mobile phone overuse; Mental health; School adaptation

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Busan
Cellular Phone*
Depression
Friends
Humans
Learning
Mass Screening
Mental Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Ulsan