A Study on the Internet Addiction of the Middle High School Students (original) (raw)
A Study on the Internet Addiction of the Junior High School Students
Su-Huei Chang
Department of Industrial Education
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei 10610, Taiwan
s07838@gmail.com
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the trend of internet addiction of junior high school students in New Taipei City. Used of Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) questionnaire to understand the junior high school students of Internet addiction status. Because there are a lot of Internetaddicted students in junior high school, Child Welfare League suggested that parents should care about children’s Internet activities, and urge their children to use the Internet as well as the development and diversification of the leisure life.
Keywords-Internet Addition Tendency; Withdrawal symptoms; Tolerance Symptoms; Interpersonal & Health Problems; Time Management Problems; Compulsive symptoms
I. INTRODUCTION
The convenience and diversity of Internet has gradually become the focus of modern life. My students often in order to online games and do nothing. According to the study, indulging in internet which led to family, interpersonal relationships, as well as physical and mental health are affected. This study was designed to teach junior high school students to conduct a questionnaire survey of students Internet Addiction.
Convenience and diversity of the Internet has gradually become the focus of modern life. My students often chat on the internet, games, and do nothing. According to the study, indulging in internet which led to family, interpersonal relationships, as well as physical and mental health was affected. The purpose of this study is a survey of junior high school students, to understand the students’ Internet Addiction.
II. Literature REVIEW
A. Overseas study on student Internet addiction Overview
Analysis of research literature from abroad, we know that the students Study of Internet addiction is no longer confined to European and American countries. From the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition of the special records relating to the future of Internet addiction the
Kuo-Hsin Lin
Department of Industrial Technology
Dong Fang Vocational High School
Taipei 10610, Taiwan
lks@tfvs.tp.edu.tw
contents of that to 3 C products and video games popular in South Korea, as a result of up to 10 students from the Internet cafe and when the network connection to play the game died suddenly, so that the South Korean government began to pay attention on student Internet addiction studies, as at the end of 2006 statistics, South Korea, nearly 210,000 people at the age of 6-19 year-olds suffering from network into a suffer from addiction; in this group of students, up to 80%80 \% of people currently dependent on medication, even 20−24%20-24 \% of people are hospitalized [1]. In addition, the South Korean high school students spend at least 23 hours per week in the online game, the National Internet addiction as high as 12 million people because of reasons, are receiving individual counseling. But the real concern is to make therapists are constantly rising number of cases of Internet addiction [2].
As a popular head of the BRICs, China, there are more than 10 million young people have contracted Internet addiction habit, but also unprecedented legislation asks young people to use every day are not allowed more than three hours of computer time [3].
Internet addiction caused by different problems in each country. The countries of Asia usually occur in Internet cafes, for example: Internet chat, play online games, and many U.S.A. Internet addiction begins at home. No matter in which country will have complicated issues such as pornography and sexual intercourse [4].
B. Domestic Students’ Internet Addiction Research
In recent years, many studies have focused on the Taiwan Internet addiction. When young people are rushing to the online world, parents complained that their children play on the computer all day, because of the rights and interests of the teaching of computer network, would rather give up the quest for knowledge with friends online, they are immersed in another virtual world.
III. ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES
A The Analysis of Internet addiction of the middle school students in New Taipei city
Youth Internet addiction is currently one of the most important topics. To determine the course of Internet addiction, including assessment by the scale or symptoms of assessment
procedures [5]. In the assessment scale, Taiwan’s objective assessment tools commonly used are Sue-Huei Chen[6] prepared by the " Chen Internet Addiction Scale, CIAS" Assessment of symptoms, the clinical diagnostic criteria used to refer to physicians Chih-Hung Ko[7], clinical experience, its diagnostic criteria include:
a) Nine conforms to the following six factors:
- All day long thinking about the activities on the web.
- Internet access is often beyond the control of impulse.
- Tolerance Symptoms: the need for a longer time to meet the Internet.
- Withdrawal symptoms: Anxiety, anger and other emotions, requiring access to network in order to remove these feelings.
- The use of the network longer than their original expectations
- Constantly want to stop or reduce network activity, but the experience of failure.
- Spend a lot of time in network activity or trying to leave the network’s activities.
- The opportunity to do everything possible to get access to the Internet.
- Even know the network has self-inflicted physical or psychological problems, they will continue to the Internet.
b) Functional impairment (subject to full compliance)
- School and family roles affected.
- The relationships of the affected.
- Violation of the law or school rules.
Therefore, this study, based on Sue-Huei Chen, National Taiwan University, et al (2003), the preparation of the " Chen Internet Addiction Scale, CIAS" as a research tool, quantitative data collection.
In this study, we investigated the network behavior of junior high school students in New Taipei City, we have a total of 225 questionnaires were sent after statistically valid questionnaires 209 effective questionnaire response rate was 92.8%92.8 \%.
c) “Internet addiction students” in all aspects of Internet addiction questionnaire scores.
In order to explore Taipei county, junior high school students with Internet addiction of the current status of the average number of standard deviation of the results of its survey analysis. Table I show in the “Internet Addiction Questionnaire”, the average number and standard deviation of the scores. Figure 1 shows the students to use Internet
Experience “Internet Addiction Scale” scores of the frequency distribution. According to information revealed that the questionnaire results, the average scores was 49.49 , standard deviation is 14.46 , the average sub-scale tables are located between 8.33−12.918.33-12.91.
TABLE I. TEST-TAKERS IN THE “INTERNET Addiction QUERTIONNAIRE” OF THE AVERAGE SCORES AND STANDARD DEVIATION SCORES
| Compulsive symptoms | Withdrawal symptoms | Tolerance Symptoms | Interperson at & Health Problems | Time Management Problems | Internet Addition Tendency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 9.42 | 9.98 | 8.33 | 12.91 | 8.85 | 49.49 |
| Standard Deviation | 3.30 | 3.36 | 2.80 | 4.24 | 3.03 | 14.46 |
Figure 1. Students to use internet experience “Internet Addiction Scale” scores of the frequency distribution
From Table II junior high school students in Taipei county, the overall levels of Internet Addiction Scale Analysis of Current Status of the points table of the respondents had learned, all the respondents had Internet Addiction Scale scores in the overall average of 49.49 , the total average score of each question as 1.904, Assuming that the average number of 2.5 for all of those respondents had less severe Internet addiction.
To further understand the “students with Internet addiction” in Internet addiction score status dimensions, so the “students with Internet addiction” and “general use of students” in the Internet addiction a comparison of average scores (Table III), in order to understand “the students with internet addiction” in internet addiction status of various dimensions.
TABLE II. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TAIPEI COUNTY, THE OVERALL LEVELS OF INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE ANALYSIS OF CURRENT STATUS OF THE TABLE
| title | Mean | Mean SD | Title Number | Number | Questions Mean | Questions Mean SD | T Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsive symptoms | 9.42 | 3.30 | 5 | 209 | 1.884 | 0.66 | −13.483∗-13.483^{*} |
| Withdrawal symptoms | 9.98 | 3.36 | 5 | 209 | 1.996 | 0.67 | −10.849∗-10.849^{*} |
| Tolerance Symptoms | 8.33 | 2.80 | 4 | 209 | 2.083 | 0.70 | −8.634∗-8.634^{*} |
| Interpersonal & Health Problems | 12.91 | 4.24 | 7 | 209 | 1.844 | 0.61 | −15.662∗-15.662^{*} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Management Problems | 8.85 | 3.03 | 5 | 209 | 1.770 | 0.61 | −17.403∗-17.403^{*} |
| Internet Addition Tendency | 49.49 | 14.46 | 26 | 209 | 1.904 | 0.56 | −15.505∗-15.505^{*} |
*p<. 05
From Table III presents the statistical results suggest:
- “Students with Internet addiction” in the overall performance of Internet addiction is higher than the average score of about “general use of students,” 1.5 times.
- In the “students with Internet addiction” problem, tolerance symptoms to the highest average number of problems, interpersonal problems and health problems of the average of the lowest. In this age where using the Internet, with the experience of internet use increased, originally obtained access to the internet fun, have to go through more of the internet content or use of time to be met.
- In the “general use of students” problem, withdrawal symptoms of the average of the highest title, time management problems of the average of the lowest title.
TABLE III. “STUDENTS WITH INTERNET ADDICTION” AND “GENERAL USE OF STUDENTS” IN THE INTERNET ADDICTION AVERAGE RATING TABLE
| Item | "Students with Internet | “general use of students” | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A total of 35 (16.75%) | |||||||||
| Title | Mean | Mean SD | Question a Mean | Question Mean SD | Mean | Mean | Question Mean | Question Mean SD | Level of parental education |
| Compulsive symptoms | M>F\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{M} > \\ & \mathrm{F} \end{aligned} | ||||||||
| Withdrawal symptoms | M>F\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{M}> \\ & \mathrm{F} \end{aligned} | 3×2 | 4×1 | 3×1 | |||||
| ,4×3 | ,4×1 | ||||||||
| ,4×2 | |||||||||
| Tolerance Symptoms | M>F\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{M}> \\ & \mathrm{F} \end{aligned} | 2×1 | |||||||
| ,3×1 | |||||||||
| ,4×1 | |||||||||
| ,4×2 | |||||||||
| Interpersonal & Health Problems | M>F\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{M}> \\ & \mathrm{F} \end{aligned} | 3.29 | 2.58 | 0.47 | 11.88 | 3.62 | 1.70 | 0.52 | |
| Time Management Problems | M>F\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{M}> \\ & \mathrm{F} \end{aligned} | 2.28 | 2.57 | 0.46 | 8.05 | 2.49 | 1.61 | 0.50 | |
| Internet Addition Tendency | 72.34 | 7.66 | 2.78 | 0.29 | 44.90 | 10.63 | 1.73 | 0.41 |
d) Different background variables of the junior high school students in New Taipei City, variance analysis of Internet addiction
Based on recovered 209 valid questionnaires were derived from statistical analysis of data to independent-samples T test and one-way analysis of variance (One way ANOVA) to test the different background variables of the junior high school students in Taipei county, the differences between Internet addiction cases, As Table IV, respectively, as follows:
- According to the statistical results of this study, collation, analysis is as follows: This study found that “students with Internet addiction” in New Taipei city, second-year student in the country, namely, 34 , of the total respondents had 16.74 percent of students.
d) Different background variables of the junior high school students in New Taipei City, variance analysis of Internet addiction over the previous 1/41 / 4 was relatively high, but also are more higher than the middle. On the various dimensions, the academic sort, after 1/41 / 4 in Internet addiction a “forced access”, “Net addiction withdrawal symptoms Road” and " Compulsive symptoms" dimension in the performance of more the top 1/41 / 4 was relatively high, but also were higher than the middle. In addition, the academic sort, after 1/41 / 4 in Internet addiction a “personal relationship and health problems” dimension in performance over the previous 1/1 / 4 high. Finally, the academic sort, after 1/41 / 4 in Internet addiction “time management problems” than the middle of the performance dimensions were higher in the middle of the academic sort of Internet addiction “time management problems” dimensions performance is compared with the previous 1/41 / 4 high.
- Use the Internet more than 5 years of age in the overall performance of Internet addiction than 3 (inclusive) years high. In terms of various dimensions, using the Internet age, more than 5 years on the Internet addiction of the “Net Highway addiction withdrawal reaction”, “interpersonal and health problems” and “time management problems” performance dimensions than the 3 ( inclusive) years high. While using the Internet age 3 to 5 (inclusive) in Internet addiction tendency to “Net Highway addiction withdrawal response” performance dimensions than the three (inclusive) years high. The other dimensions, such as “forced access” and “Net addiction Road tolerance” is not reach significant level.
- Different Internet locations in the overall performance of Internet addiction is no significant difference. On the various dimensions in terms of different Internet sites on the Internet addiction of various factors, in line with the degree of “forced sex line”, “Net addiction withdrawal reactions Road”, “Net addiction tolerance Road”, "interpersonal and health problems “and” time management issues "are not significant level, different Internet sites of Internet addiction in the performance of these dimensions has been no significant difference.
- Different living conditions in the overall performance of Internet addiction is no significant difference. On the various dimensions in terms of different living conditions of the Internet addiction of various factors, in line with the degree of “forced sex on-line” reached a significant level, but to Scheffe method (Scheffe) after the comparison and found no difference. The other dimensions, such as “Net Highway addiction withdrawal reaction”, “Internet Addition Tendency”, “Interpersonal & Health Problems” and “Time Management Problems” are not reach significant level.
- Different parental education level (whichever is the highest) in the overall performance of Internet addiction is no significant difference. On the various dimensions in terms of different living conditions of the Internet addiction of various factors, in line with the degree of “interpersonal and health problems,” reached a significant level, but to Scheffe method (Scheffe) after the comparison and found no difference. The other dimensions, such as “forced access”, “Net addiction withdrawal reactions Road”, “Net addiction Road tolerance” and “time management issues” are not reach significant level.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
As the use of Internet technology has changed the mode of transmission of human information, so that work, study and life is a significant change. According to the United States concerned with educators Michelle R. Davis comments, “The partnership for 21st century skills” (2008) mentioned that the ability to use information and communication technology has become the twenty-first century, the core competencies required of students.
Because of close interaction on the network can easily become a bad group, the teachers observed the students because of Internet addiction, prejudice to the normal life, therefore, parents should be careful with the matter.
Child Welfare League suggested that the parents should pay attention to children’s online content, to urge their children do online time management, and to develop diverse leisure activities, so that the effectiveness of online play well.
Hope that parents will be able to comply with network ORZ principles, including:
A. “Open”:
Open our minds, does not exclude the network to understand the function of network providers to understand Internet safety guidelines and know more in order to prevent children becoming Internet addicts;
B. “Relax”:
To help children relax and develop a hobby, taking children outdoors to visit, picnic, etc.
C. “Zero”:
Parent-Child communication zero distance, through children online circumstances, like to play online games, understand Internet users to have effective access to help children do not get network traps.
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