Effects of adolescent smartphone addiction on cybersexual delinquency

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Jin Choi
Ok-joo Choi
Joon-ho Kim
Cite this article:  Choi, J., Choi, O., & Kim, J. (2017). Effects of adolescent smartphone addiction on cybersexual delinquency. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 45(5), 819-832.


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We analyzed the relationship between smartphone addiction and cybersexual delinquency in a sample of Korean adolescents; further, we specifically delineated and analyzed the risk factors for smartphone addiction. Statistical analyses were performed based on the responses to a survey conducted with 1,020 high school students across South Korea. Results showed that adolescent smartphone addiction had a significantly positive effect on the likelihood of accessing cybersexual content and the frequency of engaging in cyber-verbal violence. Furthermore, the accessing of cybersexual content had a significantly positive effect on the frequency of engaging in cyber-verbal violence, and the frequency of engaging in cyber-verbal violence had a significantly positive effect on the development of cybersexual delinquency. Specifically, because adolescents are still in the process of developing socially, they are vulnerable to smartphone addiction; therefore, there is a need for appropriate interventions to be developed for use with this population.

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