Relationships Among Preschoolers’ Smartphone Addiction Tendency, Their Problem Behaviors, and Parenting Efficacy of Their Mothers

  • Lee H
  • Chae S
  • Bang K
  • et al.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among preschoolers' smartphone addiction tendency, problem behaviors, and parenting efficacy of the mothers of these children. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study design was used with self-administered questionnaires. A total of 83 mothers of preschoolers aged 4-6 years and their preschool teachers from a kindergarten participated in the study. Results: Mean daily time spent by the preschoolers on smartphones was about 45 minutes/day. About 40% spent more than 60 minutes/day on smartphones. The majority (69.8%) used smartphones without adult supervision. The level of smartphone addiction tendency among the pre-schoolers was 1.52 ± 0.45 on a 4-point scale. Preschoolers whose mothers use smartphones for more than 60 minutes/day showed a higher level of smartphone addiction tendency than preschoolers whose mothers use smartphones for less than 60 minutes/day. Also smartphone addiction tendency among preschoolers had a positive correlation with hyperactive-distractible behavior (r = .228, p = .038) and a negative correlation with parenting efficacy of their mothers (r =-.299, p = .006). Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that preschooler's smartphone addiction tendency is significantly associated with hyperactive-distractible behaviors of the children and low parenting efficacy among their mothers. Therefore well-designed care plans for these populations should be provided to decrease smartphone addiction tendency. 서 론 연구의 필요성 인터넷과 스마트폰 등 디지털 매체는 현대인의 일상생활을 넘어 사 회전반의 변화에 이르기까지 크게 영향을 미치고 있다(National Information Society Agency [NIA], 2011a). 특히 최근 스마트폰의 보급은 매 우 빠르게 확대되고 있어 2014년 9월 국내 스마트폰 가입자 수가 4,000 만 명을 넘어섰다(IT Statistics Korea, 2014). 이는 우리나라 인구 대부 분이 스마트폰을 사용하고 있음을 나타내는 결과이므로, 나이어린 아 동의 스마트폰 사용에 대한 고려가 필요한 때이다. 스마트폰의 보급 확대는 부모가 아동의 교육과 놀이를 위한 목적으 로 스마트폰을 사용하도록 하는 계기가 되었다. 특히 최근 각 가정의 자 녀수 감소로 인한 놀이친구의 감소와 아동대상 범죄가 증가하는 사회 적 변화는 아동의 놀이에도 영향을 미쳐 부모는 또래와의 바깥놀이 보 다는 스마트폰 같은 디지털 매체를 통한 실내놀이와 교육을 선호하고 있다(Sim, 2009). 이러한 스마트폰에 대한 긍정적인 부모의 태도는 우리 나라 아동의 스마트폰 이용률에 반영되고 있다. 육아정책연구소의 영

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Lee, H.-J., Chae, S.-M., Bang, K.-S., & Choi, H. (2015). Relationships Among Preschoolers’ Smartphone Addiction Tendency, Their Problem Behaviors, and Parenting Efficacy of Their Mothers. Child Health Nursing Research, 21(2), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2015.21.2.107

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