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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between smartphone addiction of university students and their depression, anxiety and aggression, as well as to examine the moderating effect of self-control on these relationships. In this study, 456 university students in Daegu were surveyed about their smartphone addiction, depression, anxiety, aggression and self-control level. The results were as followings. First, the general level of smartphone addiction of the university students was very serious, specifically the high results in the sub-factors of problems-tolerance, difficulty in everyday life, feelings of withdrawal, and virtual world orientation. Regarding gender differences, the level of smartphone addiction for female students was more serious than that of male students. University students with reported school life satisfaction in the 'middle' or 'low' groups were more likely to have higher levels of smartphone addiction than those students in the 'high' group. Second, there were significant positive correlations between smartphone addiction among university students and their level of depression, anxiety and aggression. While self-control exhibited no moderating effect over the relationship of smartphone addiction with depression or anxiety, there was a moderating effect over the relationship of smartphone addiction with aggression. This result confirms that self-control capability has a moderating effect to reduce the relationship of smartphone addiction with aggression.