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KMID : 1094520140170010017
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Korean Journal of Play Therapy
2014 Volume.17 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.35
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The Effects of Children’s Executive Function Impairments and ADHD Symptoms on the Issue of Smart Phone Addiction
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Oh Sun-Hwa
Ha Eun-Hye
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of children`s executive function impairments and ADHD symptoms on the issue of smart phone addiction. The subjects of this study consisted of 789 elementary schoolchildren in grades 5t and 6t. The results of this study are as follows: First, in regards to the results of the smart phone usage and type survey, the children`s total using time per a day indicated that 39.3% used the phone less than 1 hour, 29.9% less than 1-2 hours, and 14.2% 2-3 hours per day, respectively. Second, 41.6% of the respondents use on the major functions answered ‘SNS KakaoTalk etc.’ and the most use applications also were ‘SNS’ at a percentage of 32.4%. Third, the total score of the Executive Function Impairments Scale and ADHD symptoms showed positive correlations with smart phone addiction. Fourth, the results of verifying the effects of executive function impairments on smart phone, both overall and sub-factors impacted upon smart phone addiction. Among the sub-factors of execution function impairments, attention deficit impairments were confirmed as being the best means of describing children`s smart phone addiction. Fifth, the results of verifying the effects of ADHD symptoms on smart phone addiction, significant effects was confirmed. Additionally, sub-factors in ADHD symptoms relative to attention deficits showed the greatest impact. However, regarding smart phone addiction, the influence of impulsivity was not significant in relative terms.
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KEYWORD
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children, executive function impairments, ADHD symptoms, smart phone addi
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