Intermittent Addiction and Double Sidedness of Thought Suppression: Effects of Student Smart Phone Behavior

Purpose – This study investigates the effects of thought sup-pression on depression and uneasiness among college students likely to be influenced by smart phone addiction. Research design, data, and methodology – A total of 151 val-id questionnaires were collected. The following analyses were conducted using SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 19.0: frequency, de-scriptive statistics, correlation, simple regression, and multiple regression. Results – Smart phone addiction increased uneasiness, de-pression, impulsiveness, and aggression. Moreover, uneasiness, depression, impulsiveness and aggression from smart phone ad-diction, had a negative influence on psychological wellbeing re-sulting in potential delinquent behavior. In addition, the addiction treatment relied heavily on drugs; therefore, such psychological treatment should be strengthened to control intermittent addiction. Conclusions – The results indicate that various kinds of re-search are needed to investigate personality and environmental factors that influence smart phone addiction. Additionally, studies on lessening smart phone addiction and living healthy lifestyles are needed. Moreover, psychological rehabilitation and treatment should be developed to lessen the rebound effect after thought suppression, to verify the effects of clinical application, and to prevent intermittent addiction.