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September 10, 2025Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction

Depression and Academic Helplessness among First-Year High School Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Academic Engagement and Smartphone Overdependence

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YKYoung Mi Kim

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Overview

Observational analysis reveals that depression impacts academic helplessness in students, indicating that engagement and smartphone dependency may mediate this relationship.

Key Points

  • Depression significantly increases academic helplessness in high school students, affecting their overall performance.
  • Academic engagement and smartphone dependency both mediate the relationship between depression and helplessness, highlighting critical areas for intervention.
  • Higher levels of depression lead to lower academic engagement, which in turn increases feelings of helplessness among students.
  • Targeted interventions promoting engagement and healthier smartphone habits are essential during high school’s transitional phase.

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Young Mi Kim (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23ed7b210217d6479468ehttps://doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2025.25.14.675
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