대학생의 스마트폰 중독 조사 및 스마트폰 활용 영어학습 연구 동향 분석

Investigation on Smartphone Addiction among University Students and Trend Analysis of English Learning Using Smartphones

The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health of college students in terms of anxiety, stress, and self-efficacy as well as smartphone addiction, and to provide empirical data for developing preventive career psychology programs. A total of 373 university students participated in this study and completed a questionnaire. The main findings were as follows. First, the participants’ mental health indicators, such as anxiety, smartphone addiction, stress, and self-efficacy, were generally within the normal range. Second, there were significant differences in anxiety, smartphone addiction, stress, and self-efficacy among the subgroups such as majors of the participants. Female students reported higher levels of anxiety, stress, and smartphone addiction than male students. Students under 30 years old experienced more stress and lower self-efficacy than students over 30 years old. Self-efficacy varied by major. Based on these results, this study suggests that comprehensive and tailored mental health promotion programs are needed at the university level. Additionally, this paper discusses how smartphones can be used positively for English language learning based on a keyword analysis of ‘mobile phone’, ‘English’ and ‘learn’ in recent literature.