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The Relationship of Covert Narcissism, Sense of Alienation, and Self-Esteem with SNS Addiction Proneness in Middle School Students

중학생의 SNS중독 경향성에 있어 내현적 자기애와 소외감, 자아존중감의 관계

  • Cho, So Yeon (Department of Home Economics Education, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Jung, Joowon (Department of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University)
  • 조소연 (강원대학교 가정교육과) ;
  • 정주원 (동국대학교 가정교육과)
  • Received : 2017.08.08
  • Accepted : 2017.09.25
  • Published : 2017.09.29
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of covert narcissism and the sense of alienation with SNS addiction proneness and the influence of them on SNS addiction proneness in order to find a way to conduct an intervention for the SNS addiction proneness of middle school students, and verify the mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between covert narcissism, the sense of alienation, and SNS addiction proneness. For this purpose, data were collected online from the first to third grade middle school students who had the experience of using SNS within the past one week, and finally, the data of a total of 341 participants were used for analysis. First, as a result of the analysis of the correlation between covert narcissism, the sense of alienation, self-esteem and SNS addiction proneness, covert narcissism and the sense of alienation showed a significant positive correlation with SNS addiction proneness. On the other hand, there was a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and SNS addiction proneness. Second, the investigation of the effects of covert narcissism, alienation, and self-esteem on SNS addiction proneness showed that covert narcissism, the sense of alienation, and self-esteem had a significant effect on the SNS addiction proneness. The higher the levels of covert narcissism and the sense of alienation, the higher the level of SNS addiction proneness. On the other hand, the higher the level of self-esteem, the lower the level of SNS addiction proneness. Third, the mediating effect of self-esteem was verified for the relationship of covert narcissism and the sense of alienation with SNS addiction proneness. Although covert narcissism and the sense of alienation may directly affect SNS addiction proneness, it was found that they had a significant effect on the SNS addiction proneness through self-esteem as a mediating variable. In other words, it was found that as the levels of the covert narcissism and the sense of alienation were increased, the level of the self-esteem was lowered, which led to a higher level of SNS addiction proneness. In order to form a proper network culture for adolescents, education on appropriate use of SNS that can be put into practice in everyday life should be conducted, and healthy and desirable SNS culture should be created. In addition, systematic education and management should be provided so that students can develop the ability to control and regulate themselves.

본 연구는 중학생의 SNS중독경향성을 중재할 수 있는 방법을 모색하기 위하여 내현적 자기애, 소외감과 SNS중독경향성의 관계와 영향력을 살펴보고, 내현적 자기애, 소외감, SNS중독경향성의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개효과를 검증하였다. 이를 위해 최근 1주일 이내에 SNS이용 경험이 있는 중학교 1~3학년 청소년을 대상으로 온라인을 통하여 자료를 수집하였으며, 최종 341명을 분석에 사용하였다. 첫째, 내현적 자기애, 소외감, 자아존중감과 SNS중독경향성의 상관관계를 살펴보면, 내현적 자기애와 소외감은 SNS중독경향성에 유의미한 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 반면, 자아존중감과 SNS중독경향성의 관계에서는 유의미한 부적 상관관계를 보였다. 둘째, 내현적 자기애, 소외감, 자아존중감이 SNS중독경향성에 미치는 영향력을 살펴본 결과, 내현적 자기애, 소외감, 자아존중감은 SNS중독경향성에 유의한 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 내현적 자기애와 소외감이 높을수록 SNS중독경향성이 더 높게 나타난 반면, 자아존중감이 높을수록 SNS중독경향성은 낮게 나타났다. 셋째, 내현적 자기애, 소외감과 SNS중독경향성과의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개효과가 검증되었다. 내현적 자기애와 소외감은 직접적으로 SNS중독경향성에 유의한 영향을 주기도 하지만, 매개변인인 자아존중감을 통하여 SNS중독경향성에 유의한 영향을 끼치고 있음이 나타났다. 즉, 내현적 자기애와 소외감이 높을수록 자아존중감은 낮아지고 이는 SNS중독경향성을 더 높게 만드는 것으로 나타났다. 청소년의 올바른 네트워크 문화가 형성될 수 있도록 일상생활에서도 통용될 수 있는 적합한 SNS이용에 대해 교육과 건강하고 바람직한 SNS문화가 형성되어야 한다. 또한 학생들이 스스로 통제하고 조절하는 힘을 기를 수 있도록 체계적인 교육과 관리가 이루어져야 한다.

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