청소년의 스마트폰 과의존 수준 잠재프로파일 분석 및 영향요인 탐색

초록

The purpose of this study was to classify adolescents into distinct groups according to their level of smart-phone overdependence and investigated the factors affecting the classified latent classes. Data were drawn from 1,301 middle school students who participated in the 14th wave of the Panel Study of Korean Children. Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified three profiles of smartphone overdependence, labeled as high-risk, moderate-risk, and low-risk groups. Subsequently, multinomial logistic regression was conducted to explore the determinants of group membership, with low peer attachment and empathy entered as independent variables. The results indicated that adolescents with higher levels of low peer attachment were significantly more likely to belong to the moderate-risk group compared with the low-risk group. However, empathy did not significantly predict membership in the moderate-risk group. In addition, neither peer attachment nor empathy significantly predicted membership in the high-risk group compared with the low-risk group. These findings provide a multidimensional understanding of adolescents’ subgroup characteristics based on smart-phone overdependence levels. They also highlight the importance of considering adolescents’ low peer attachment as a key focus for effective counseling and intervention strategies targeting smart-phone overdependence. Finally, the study discusses its limitations and directions for future research.

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