Latent Profiles of Parent-Adolescent Communication and SNS Addiction in COVID-19 Pandemic Period

May 31, 2023  |  Vol.9, No.5  |  PP. 401-412  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Ji-Yeon Yoon, Institute for Life and Culture, Sogang University, Republic of Korea

Hye-Young Min, Graduate School of Theology, Sogang University, Republic of Korea

Mi-Sun Yoo, Graduate School of Theology, Sogang University, Republic of Korea

Bo-Yeon Huh, Graduate School of Theology, Sogang University, Republic of Korea

Young-Min Park, Graduate School of Theology, Sogang University, Republic of Korea

KEYWORDS:

Addiction, Adolescence, Parent-child Communication, SNS

Abstract

This study was conducted to categorize adolescents' communication with their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic and to find out whether typification affects SNS addiction. To this end, Latent Classes Analysis was conducted using data from a total of 646 teenagers who responded to the 2022 Community Youth Opinion Survey conducted by Sogang University's Life Culture Research Institute, and one-way ANOVA was conducted to verify the difference between types. As a result, first, during the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents' communication with their parents was classified into four groups, and they were named 'communication facilitation', ‘communication deficits’, 'communication intermediate', and 'momentive communication'.Second, about 80% of the total study subjects belonged to the lower-middle group in communication with parents, and communication with mothers was found to be high in all groups. Third, Among the types of adolescents' communication with their parents during the COVID-19, ‘communication deficits' showed higher levels of SNS addiction than the 'communication facilitation'', which resulted in the same results compared to the 'communication intermediate', and 'momentive communication'. Based on these research results, the importance of communication with adolescent parents was confirmed, and the direction of intervention was suggested in relation to it.

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Citations:

APA:
Yoon, J. Y., Min, H. Y., Yoo, M. S., Huh, B. Y., Park, Y. M. (2023). Latent Profiles of Parent-Adolescent Communication and SNS Addiction in COVID-19 Pandemic Period. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, 9(5), 401-412. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2023.05.33.

MLA:
Yoon, Ji-Yeon, et al. “Latent Profiles of Parent-Adolescent Communication and SNS Addiction in COVID-19 Pandemic Period.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 5, 2023, pp. 401-412. APJCRI, http://apjcriweb.org/content/vol9no5/33.html.

IEEE:
[1] J. Y. Yoon, H. Y. Min, M. S. Yoo, B. Y. Huh, Y. M. Park, “Latent Profiles of Parent-Adolescent Communication and SNS Addiction in COVID-19 Pandemic Period.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 401-412, May 2023.