Marla E Eisenberg, Jennifer A Oliphant, Shari Plowman, Melanie Forstie, Renee E Sieving
Increased Parent Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education Over 15 Years
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
rising prevalence smartphone overdependence among adolescents detrimental impact mental health become growing concern study aimed investigate association smartphone overdependence mental health korean adolescents participants drawn 16th korea youth risk behavior webbased survey conducted 2020 dependent variable smartphone overdependence main exposure interest mental health encompassing generalized anxiety disorder gad perceived stress sources perceived stress perceived loneliness perceived depressive symptoms study employed raoscott chisquare test multiple logistic regression using ibm spss version 260 participants comprised 54948 adolescents aged 13 18 years among 251 n13775 categorized smartphone overdependence group specifically 203 adolescents reported gad 10 225 reported experiencing high levels perceived loneliness identified smartphone overdependent gad increased risk smartphone overdependence 261 times 95 confidence interval 95 ci 246277 perceived loneliness associated 198fold 95 ci 187209 increased risk smartphone overdependence additionally conflict peers found increase risk smartphone overdependence 463fold 95 ci 389552 followed conflict parents odds ratio 452 95 ci 384531 family environment 452 95 ci 375546 findings underscore significant association smartphone overdependence mental health korean adolescents healthcare services improve emotional coping interpersonal skills necessary