This study was intended to investigate the differences of cell phone using behavior based on perceived parental rearing attitudes and quality of peer relationship, and the effects of the perceived parental rearing attitudes and quality of peer relatio...
This study was intended to investigate the differences of cell phone using behavior based on perceived parental rearing attitudes and quality of peer relationship, and the effects of the perceived parental rearing attitudes and quality of peer relationship on primary school students’ cell phone using behavior.
The survey based on 489 male and female cell phone using sixth graders from four areas in Ulsan city was conducted to measure perceived parental rearing attitudes, quality of peer relationship, dependency on cell phone, and cell phone using behaviors.
The results of the study are followed.
First, there was no difference in cell phone dependency in love-hostility dimension and autonomy-control dimension, the sub-factor of perceived parental rearing attitude. However, there was significant difference in cell phone using degree in love-hostility dimension and autonomy-control dimension. The love group students showed high usage of phone calls and text messages and low usage of cell phone games. In contrast, hostility group students used fewer phone calls and text messages and more use in cell phone games. The autonomy group students had less usage in phone calls, text messages and cell phone games, but the control group students had high usage in phone calls, text messages and cell phone games.
Second, there was significant difference on cell phone using behavior based on quality of peer relationship. As conflict-resistance, socio-emotional support, and satisfaction of peer relationship, the sub-factors of quality of peer relationship, were higher, the students had higher cell phone dependency. As conflict-resistance was higher, daily cell phone usage times was longer, and as socio-emotional support and satisfaction of peer relationship were higher, usage of text messages and phone calls were higher. Also, as socio-emotional support and satisfaction of peer relationship were higher, the students used more phone calls and text messages, and fewer cell phone games.
Third, regression analysis showed socio-emotional support factor of quality of peer relationship effects on cell phone dependency, and satisfaction of peer relationship factor effects on daily amount of text messages.
In conclusion, as perceived parental rearing attitude was autonomic, quality of peer relationship was satisfied, cell phone using behavior was acceptable. Therefore, these results suggest supervising the way to use cell phone in right ways not just limiting the amount of cell phone usage of primary school students.