A Case Study of the Experience of Adolescent Smartphone Addiction Prevention Education

This study explores the experience of adolescent smartphone overdependence prevention education.Adolescents use smartphones to engage in various activities such as building relationships, learning, and playing.This study was conducted once every two weeks from May 20, 2023 to August 6, 2023.It involved four middle and high school students (ages 13 to 18) who lived in area G throughout the course of six sessions.The contents of the questionnaire and the in-depth interview questions are as follows: time spent using smartphones, physical problems, experiences of anxiety and nervousness, awareness of others' smartphone use experiences, relational needs, needs for self-expression, loneliness or boredom, difficulty processing negative emotions, and ways to use leisure time.There are 10 questions about communication problems, etc. Prior to implementing smartphone prevention education, efforts are needed to make students themselves aware of excessive use of smartphones, provide systematic education on smartphone use in schools, and develop and distribute modules on proper smartphone use.This study aims to provide basic research on youth mental health problems caused by overdependence on smartphones, suggest solutions to improve them, and propose preventive education programs for proper use of smartphones.