Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the dual mediating effects of depression and social withdrawal in the relationship between adolescents' academic stress and smartphone overdependence. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 500 middle school students attending Daegu and Gyeongbuk, and the collected questionnaires were analyzed through correlation analysis and regression analysis using the SPSS statistical program and SPSS Macro. As a result of the analysis, first, it was found that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between adolescents' academic stress and smartphone overdependence, as well as depression and social withdrawal. Second, depression and social withdrawal were found to have a mediating effect on the impact of adolescents' academic stress on smartphone overdependence. Third, depression and social withdrawal were found to have a double mediating effect on the effect of boys' academic stress on smartphone overdependence. This means that the effect of adolescents' academic stress through depression and social withdrawal is greater than the direct effect on smartphone overdependence. Therefore, in relation to adolescents' academic stress and smartphone overdependence, implications were mentioned that reducing smartphone overdependence behavior could be more effective by reducing depression and social withdrawal.

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