ABSTRACT


Relationships among Parent-child communication, Self-efficacy and Mobile device Dependence Perceived by Adolescents


Choun, Hyo Sun
Dept. of Human Ecology
Graduate School of
Chonbuk National University

This study was to examine the relationships among parent-child communication(father''s open communication, problematic communication, mother''s open communication, problematic communication), self-efficacy(self-confidence, self-regulatory efficacy, preference for task difficulty), and mobile device dependence(compulsive-withdrawal symptoms, difficulty in controlling, dependency symptom) perceived by adolescents.
The data were collected by self-administered questionnaire method from 244 male and 322 female middle school and first, second of high school at Jeonju in Jeollabuk-do.
The major results of this research were as follows.
First, there were significant differences in parent-child communication, self-efficacy, and mobile device dependence according to the gender, type of school middle and high school students, mother''s occupation, mobile using time, user''s time of day and charges of mobile.
Second, Self-regulatory was negatively correlated with mobile device dependence and problematic communication, and was positively correlated with open communication of parent-child communication. Problematic communication of parent-child communication was positively correlated with mobile device dependence, and open communication was negatively correlated with mobile device dependence.
Finally, the hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that mobile using time, charges of mobile, mother''s problematic communication of parent-child communication and self-confidence of self-regulatory had a significant influence on mobile device dependence.