Causal Modeling of Cyber Victim Based on Emotional Self-Awareness Mediated by Smartphone Addiction in High School Intelligence Students

Internet addiction is one of the effective factors in reducing academic and communication development in students. The aim of this study was to predict cyber victimization in high school high school intelligence students based on emotional self-awareness due to smartphone addiction.

The statistical population included all gifted students in Alborz province in the academic year 1399-1400. 253 people were selected by available sampling method and then answered the standard questionnaires of emotional self-awareness of Grant et al., Quan et al. Data were analyzed by path analysis method using Amos-23.

According to the findings, the direct relationship between emotional self-awareness and cyber victimization in gifted students is not significant (p <0.05), but the direct relationship between smartphone addiction and cyber victimization in gifted students is negative and significant. (P 01 0.01 and β = -0.29). Also, the direct relationship between emotional self-awareness and smartphone addiction in gifted students is negative and significant (p /0 0.01 and β = -0.15).Regarding the mediating role of smartphone addiction in the relationship between emotional self-awareness and cyber victim, they show that this path is significant (β = 0.09 p 01 0.01).

It can be said that there is a connection between emotional self-awareness and mobile phone addiction. As a result, smartphone addiction can be reduced by increasing students' emotional self-awareness and helping their academic growth.