Smart Phone Users’ Social Anxiety and Perceived Interpersonal Interactions toward Dependence on Smart Phone

• Main Authors: Yu-Hsin Hsueh, 薛玉欣
• Other Authors: Hsin-I Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01674118698076559273

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 生活應用科學系碩士在職專班 === 102 === The aim of this study is to investigate relationships among smartphone users’ usage behaviors, social anxiety, perceived interpersonal interaction on mobile phone, and mobile phone dependency. Furthermore, to examine the prediction and meditational effect of social anxiety and mobile phone dependence on perceived interpersonal interaction. Study instruments include “Smartphone usage behaviors questionnaire”, “Self-perceived interpersonal interaction on mobile phone scale”, “Social anxiety scale”, and “Mobile phone dependence scale”. This study applied random sampling method to survey smartphone owners aged above 18. A total of 639 smartphone users were surveyed and analyzed through exploratory factor analysis and reliability tests. The study results reveal that social anxiety and mobile phone dependence are negatively correlated with age. Further, there are positive correlations among smartphone users’ social anxiety, self-perceived interpersonal interactions, and mobile phone dependence. In addition, social anxiety and self-perceived interpersonal interaction can predict mobile phone dependency with meditational effects. Young mobile phone users perceive higher anxiety on interpersonal interactions and higher smartphone dependence compared to adult and older users. Research results suggest young generation engage in more real world interpersonal interactions to reduce dependence on virtual online interpersonal relationships.