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KMID : 1143520230110010038
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Journal of Korean Society of Oral Health Science
2023 Volume.11 No. 1 p.38 ~ p.44
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Dental Hygiene and Students' Academic Self-Efficacy Loneliness on Smartphone Overdependence
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Kim Da-Hui
Yun Mi-Hae
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationships between smartphone addiction, academic self-efficacy, and loneliness among dental hygienist students and use the findings as a basic data to prevent the students’ smartphone addiction.
Methods: A total of 232 dental hygienist students attending to School of Dentistry in Seoul, Gyeonggi, or Chungcheong were included in this study.
Results: The results of the study showed that loneliness (β=0.202) was contributing the most to the dental hygienist students’ smartphone addiction, followed by academic self-efficacy (β=0.196) and self-reported smartphone addiction (β=-0.178).
Conclusions: Further research is recommended on investigation of various factors that influence smartphone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic, development of counselling centres for the dental hygienist students, and personalized counselling program for prevention of smartphone addiction.
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KEYWORD
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Academic self-efficacy, Dental hygiene students, Loneliness, Smartphone overdependence
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