대학생의 코로나 19 스트레스, 우울 및 대인관계문제가 SNS 중독경향성에 미치는 영향

The Effects of COVID-19 Stress, Depression, and Interpersonal Problems on SNS Addiction Tendency in College Students

Objective: This study aims to examine the relationship between COVID-19 stress, depression, interpersonal problems, and social networking site (SNS) addiction tendency in college students. Methods: The participants were 500 college students using the scale of COVID-19 stress, depression, interpersonal problems, and SNS addiction tendency. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0. Results: First, COVID-19 stress had no direct effect on SNS addiction tendency. Second, COVID-19 stress had a direct effect on college students’ depression. Third, COVID-19 stress had a direct effect on SNS addiction tendency through depression of college students. Fourth, COVID-19 stress affected college students' SNS addiction tendency through depression and interpersonal problems. Conclusions: Through this study, it is possible to confirm the influence of individual internal factor depression and interpersonal relationship problems, which are external factors, in the path that COVID-19 stress affects depression and SNS addiction tendency of college students.