This study was performed in order to provide action plans for the prevention of and interventionin adolescents' smartphone addiction based on the evidence that loss of self-esteem and self-controlcaused by domestic violence could lead to the addiction of smartphones among adolescents. Weselected a total of 724 students in 8th grade residing in Seoul to participate in the study. As a resultof the analysis using structural equations, domestic violence did not directly cause adolescents'addiction to smartphones. However, the reduced self-esteem and self-control of adolescents affectedby domestic violence indirectly led to their addiction to smartphones. Based on the study, thefollowing are recommendations to prevent and intervene in adolescents’ addiction to smartphones. 1)The government needs to actively participate to prevent teenagers’ addiction to smartphones. 2) Theprevention of and intervention in domestic violence, which indirectly influences adolescents’addiction to smartphones, is needed. 3) An active approach to preventing adolescents’ addiction tosmartphonese and early intervention in the addicted population is needed. 4) Since adolescents whohave experienced domestic violence have a higher possibility of becoming addicted to not onlysmartphones but also other electronic devices, interventions to increase their self-esteem andself-control are needed.