Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study were to analyze the structural relationships among negative parenting atti-tudes perceived by adolescents, self-esteem, aggression, and smartphone overdependence and to investigate the mediating effect of self-esteem and aggression on the relationship between negative parenting attitudes and smartphone overdependence.
 Methods For this purpose, 2,359 students(1,262 males and 1,097 females) in the third year of middle school were selected as subjects using data from the Korean Children and Youths Panel Survey(KCYPS) 2018. For the col-lected data, descriptive statistical analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis were performed using SPSS 23.0 and the structural model was verified through AMOS 21.0.
 Results First, the correlation analysis of negative parenting attitudes, self-esteem, aggression, and smartphone overdependence showed significant correlations among all variables. Second, self-esteem and aggression each had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between negative parenting attitudes and smartphone over-dependence. Third, self-esteem and aggression sequentially influenced smartphone overdependence in the relationship between negative parenting attitudes and smartphone overdependence.
 Conclusions This means that the higher the adolescents' perceived negative parenting, the lower their self-esteem, which in turn leads to higher aggression, which has a significant effect on increasing smartphone overdependence. In order to reduce smartphone overdependence among adolescents, education and counseling to improve self-esteem and reduce aggression are needed along with smartphone overdependence prevention education.

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