Factors Influencing Soldiers’ Smartphone Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on COVID-19 Stress and Social Support | Zendy

Soo Mi Jang | Zendy; Hee Yeon Lee | Zendy; Jihyeong Jeong | Zendy

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Factors Influencing Soldiers’ Smartphone Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on COVID-19 Stress and Social Support

Author(s) -

Soo Mi Jang,

Hee Yeon Lee,

Jihyeong Jeong

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

korean journal of stress research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2234-1668

pISSN - 1225-665X

DOI - 10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.1.7

Subject(s) - covid-19 , social support , pandemic , psychology , descriptive statistics , multilevel model , cross sectional study , social media , stress (linguistics) , applied psychology , gerontology , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , computer science , disease , statistics , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , machine learning , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Background: This study aimed to investigate the influence of COVID-19 stress on the level of smartphone use among soldiers. In addition, it explores the potential moderating effect of social support as a protective factor.Methods: We collected responses from 205 soldiers serving in one military division in Chungcheongbuk-do using cross-sectional online and offline surveys. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, and hierarchical regression analysis using the SPSS 27.0 program.Results: Controlling for covariates, COVID-19 stress and social support were significant factors influencing the level of smartphone use. The analysis did not identify a moderating effect of social support on the relationship between pandemic stress and smartphone use.Conclusions: Our study results could help military and mental health organizations intervene in problematic smartphone use by creating programs for soldiers at high risk for COVID-19 stress.

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