Relationship between addiction to cellular phone and psychological stress among female Japanese college and Korean university students.

Abstract

Objective : This paper considers the differences in the relationship between the dependence on cellular phone and stress among female Japanese college students and Korean university students.Method : A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on the cellular phone dependence and stress among 159 female students in a Japanese college and 85 female students in a Korean university. The applied questionnaires were the cellular phone dependence questionnaire (CPDQ) designed by Toda et al. (2004) and the stress survey questionnaire designed by Canadian Institute of stress and Hans Selye foundation (2005).Results : Both among Japanese and Korean students, frequencies of mail exchange among the students scored higher than 42 points as a results of a CDPQ survey, were significantly more than those among the students scored lower than 42 points (P<0.01), time for mailing and time for call in the students scored higher than 42 points were significantly longer than those in the students scored lower than 42 points (P<0.01). Only among Japanese students, scores of stress in the students scored higher than 42 points (6.4±4.1 points) were significantly higher than those in the students scored lower than 42 points (4.6±3.3 points) (P<0.05).Conclusion : On the basis of the results obtained, it could be concluded that a relationship between cellular phone dependence and stress is more likely to be seen among Japanese students.