Smartphone Addiction and Depression: The Mediating Effects of Self-esteem and Resilience among Middle School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyejung Park ◽  
Eunsuk Choi
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Multiple Mediating Effects of Conflicts With Parents and Self-Esteem on the Relationship Between Economic Status and Depression Among Middle School Students Since COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaewon Lee ◽  
Hyejung Lim ◽  
Jennifer Allen ◽  
Gyuhyun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Households With Children ◽  
The Government ◽  
Multiple Mediator Model

This study explores associations between perceived economic status and depression among middle school students during COVID-19 in the context of conflict with parents and self-esteem. Data were collected in South Korea in the fall of 2020. A total of 328 middle school students were included, and a multiple mediator model was employed to examine the multiple mediating effects. Middle schoolers’ household economic status was negatively associated with their conflict with parents. Conflict with parents was negatively related to middle school students’ self-esteem. Indirect effects of perceived economic status via conflict with parents were significantly associated with depression. The indirect effect of perceived economic status via both conflict with parents and self-esteem was related to depression. Government subsidies should temporarily be expanded to improve households’ economic status to potentially improve middle school students’ depression and to enhance relationships between children and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, extra financial support from the government should be focused on poor households with children in order to address family conflict, self-esteem, and depression among middle school students.

How are smartphones associated with adolescent materialism?

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 2406-2417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Wang ◽  
Jia Nie ◽  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Yuhui Wang ◽  
Fengqing Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Relationship

This study examined whether smartphone addiction predicted adolescent materialism and whether self-esteem mediated the relation between smartphone addiction and adolescent materialism. Moreover, this study tested whether this mediating process was moderated by student–student relationship. Our theoretical model was tested among 748 middle school students in China (mean age = 16.80, standard deviation = .73). The results indicated that smartphone addiction was positively related to adolescent materialism. Mediation analysis showed that self-esteem mediated this relation. Moderated mediation test further revealed that the mediated path was moderated by student–student relationship.

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