Smart-Phone Addiction, Depression/Anxiety, and Self-Esteem with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Korean Children.
10.5765/jkacap.2015.26.3.159
- Author:
Hyo Chul LEE
1
;
Min Ha HONG
;
Chang Keun OH
;
Se Hoon SHIM
;
Yeon Joo JUN
;
Seog Bum LEE
;
Kyung Kyu LEE
;
Ki Chung PAIK
;
Hea Soon BAEK
;
Myung Ho LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity;
Smartphone Addiction;
Depression;
Anxiety;
Self-Esteem
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Ambulatory Care Facilities;
Anxiety;
Child*;
Clinical Medicine;
Depression;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Smartphone
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2015;26(3):159-164
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The current study investigated the risk of smartphone addiction among children and adolescents with or without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), risk of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem using the Smartphone Addiction Scale Proneness, Kovac's Children's Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, commonly used in clinical medicine. METHODS: Ninety five students with ADHD who visited psychiatry outpatient clinics completed the questionnaire. At the same time, 592 middle and high school students living in a similar area regardless of ADHD diagnosis, completed the questionnaire as control subjects. RESULTS: Overall, 40.0% of 95 ADHD and 12.8% of 592 control subjects were classified as the smartphone addiction proneness group, 26.3% of the ADHD subjects and 8.3% of the control group were classified as the depression group, and 32.6% of the ADHD subjects and 16.2% of the control group were classified as the anxiety group. Significant differences were observed between the two groups. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that ADHD subjects are more prone to smartphone addiction, becoming depressed or anxious than those in the control group. From this study, we could suggest that students with ADHD are more easily affected by smartphone addiction than normal control subjects. In addition, we might understand how some psychiatric problems like depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem are related to ADHD and smartphone addiction.
