대학생들의 내현적 자기애와 SNS 중독경향성의 관계

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine relation between covert narcissism and SNS addiction tendency mediated by the rejection sensitivity and experiential avoidance. Methods For this purpose, data were collected from 400 Korean college students aged between 18 and 28 nationwide via online and data were analyzed using correlation analysis with SPSS 21.0 and Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) with Mplus 7.0 to test the theoretical model. Results The results of the study are as follows. First, there was a significant positive correlation between covert narcissism, rejection sensitivity, experiential avoidance, and SNS addiction tendency. Second, by comparing the possible path models among the variables, we found that the partial-mediation model is more appropriate than full-mediation model. And, we removed a path from covert narcissism to SNS addiction tendency because the path is not signficant thus the edited model was chosen as the final model. In the path analysis of the final model, all the paths among variables were significant. Third, there was a single mediating effect of rejection sensitivity and experiential avoidance on the path from covert narcissism to SNS addiction tendency, respectively. Fourth, covert narcissism has impact on the SNS addiction tendency through consecutive mediation of rejection sensitivity and experiential avoidance. Conclusions This study confirmed the direction and necessity of intervention in college student counseling through variables affecting SNS addiction tendency.