Investigation of Levels of Internet Addiction in Junior High School Students and the Effects of the Addiction on their Health.

Objective: In this present study, the aim was to investigate the level of internet addiction and the effects of the level of internet addiction on health, based on families' and children's viewpoints. Methods: The population of the descriptive of study included 1410 students. The study data were col...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 860 - 869
Autores principales: Karabulut, Nazife, Aktas, Betul
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: International Journal of Caring Sciences May-Aug2019
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          Karabulut, Nazife
          Aktas, Betul
        affil: Cine State Hospital, Aydın Turkey
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          Internet Addiction Evaluation
          Students, High School Psychosocial Factors
          Health Status
          Human
          Descriptive Research
          Questionnaires
          Descriptive Statistics
          Student Attitudes
          Family Attitudes
          Parental Attitudes
          Child
          Adolescence
          Data Analysis Software
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Mothers
          Fathers
          Male
          Female
          Sleep Hygiene
          Physical Activity
          Eating Behavior
          Headache
          Back Pain
          Pain
          Eye Pain
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Objective: In this present study, the aim was to investigate the level of internet addiction and the effects of the level of internet addiction on health, based on families' and children's viewpoints. Methods: The population of the descriptive of study included 1410 students. The study data were collected from the participating students and their families separately. The study data were collected from the participating students and their families separately. Data collected from students: Personal Information Form, Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used. Data collected from families: Family Personal Information Form and Family-Child Internet Addiction Test (PCIAT) were used. Results: In conclusion, according to their IAT scores, of the students, 91.2% were not internet addicted, 7.9% were likely to be internet addicted, and 0.9% were internet addicted. According to their PCIAT scores, of the students, 96.5% had no symptoms and 3.5% had a limited number of symptoms. The students' and their parents' opinions in terms of internet addiction rates were consistent with each other. Conclusions: The study findings emphasize that there is a relationship between internet addiction and health problems, but whether this relationship is a direct one or not should be supported by more specific researches.
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