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KMID : 1151020230510030132
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Mental Health & Social Work
2023 Volume.51 No. 3 p.132 ~ p.156
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Mediating Effect of Smartphone Addiction on the Relationship between Stress and Social Isolation of Young Adults during the COVID-19
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Yu Hyun-Kyoung
Yoon Myeong-Sook
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Abstract
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Increased multidimensional stress and increased social isolation due to COVID-19 have been raised as major mental health concerns for young adults. The purpose of this study is to examine whether stress affects social isolation among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to examine whether stress affects social isolation by mediating smartphone addiction. To this end, the data of the J city Mental Health Status and Needs Survey (2020), which was investigated in 2020 when COVID-19 was severe , was analyzed and data from a total of 473 young adults aged 20 to 39 who responded to the questionnaire were used for analysis. This data were analyzed using Stata/ MP 17.0. The results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that the stress of young adults during the COVID-19 period affects the social isolation. Second, the smartphone addiction was found to partially mediate the relationship between the stress and the social isolation in young adults. Based on these results , intervention plans to prevent the social isolation of young adults were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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Stress, Social Isolation, Smartphone Addiction, Young Adults, COVID-19
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