중·고등학생의 공적 자의식이 SNS 중독경향성에 미치는 영향: 의존적 대인관계문제와 SNS 이용행동의 이중매개효과

The Influence of Public Self-Consciousness on Adolescent SNS Addiction Proneness: Serial Mediating Effects of Dependent Interpersonal Problems and SNS Behaviors

The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effects of dependent interpersonal problem (dependent IP) and SNS use behaviors in the relationship between adolescents’ public self-consciousness (public SC) and SNS addiction proneness (SNS AP). For research analysis, 247 middle and high school students were surveyed using Self-Consciousness Scale, SNS Addiction Proneness Scale, Korea Inventory of Interpersonal Problem Circumplex Scale, and SNS Use Behavior Scale (Posting, Sharing, Reassurance-Seeking, and Consuming). Data was analyzed using the SPSS 24.0 and PROCESSS macro and validity of serial mediation model was tested. The results of the study are as follows. Firstly, Public SC, dependent IP, Posting, Sharing, and Reassurance-Seeking, and SNS AP were found to be positively correlated with each other, while Consuming was found to have no significant correlation with the other variables included. Secondly, analyses found that dependent IP and each of Posting, Sharing, and Reassurance-Seeking SNS behaviors sequentially mediated between public SC and SNS AP. These results demonstrate the importance of public self-conscious as a main predictor for adolescent SNS addiction proneness and further suggest powerful interpersonal and SNS behavioral paths mediating between these two variables.