On the relationship between adolescents’ dependence on mobile phones and their career identity

Abstract

This study intends to identify the relationship between Korean adolescents’ dependence on mobile phones and their career identity. The research subjects for this study consisted of a group of 2,091 high school seniors, the 6th year survey of then-7th graders as of 2010 in Korean Children & Youth Panel Survey. These students are from all over Korea. A set of analysis methods were used to analyze the relationship between the two factors: descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis. It was found from analyzing the collected data that there existed a negative correlation between adolescents’ dependence on using mobile phones and their career identity and that the former had a significant effect on the latter. Thus, it might be concluded that students with a higher dependence on mobile phones have a lower degree of career identity. Excessive emphasis on admission to colleges might cause lack of education of career identity.