Effects of ACT on Smartphone Addiction Level, Self Control, and Anxiety of College Students with Smartphone Addiction
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of ACT on smartphone addiction level, self control, and anxiety of college students with smartphone addiction. 320 college students who lived in Chonbuk completed SAPS A. 42 students who gained more than 40 points score by SAPS A completed SCRS, STAI, and AAQ 16 as pre treatment. Final 18 participants were randomly assigned to 9 in the ACT group and 9 in control group. ACT program was administered for 8 sessions, follow up study was conducted at the end of treatment and at 4 weeks follow up periods. The results of this study were as follows: Smartphone addiction and anxiety levels of ACT group were significantly reduced and maintained until the follow up. Self control and Acceptance action levels were significantly increased and maintained until the follow up. It has been confirmed that ACT had an effect on smartphone addiction treatment, anxiety decrease and self control ability improving, therefore, based on this result, further research will be needed to apply the ACT on smartphone addiction treatment in families, school, local community, etc.