A Study of Factors that Influence Internet Addiction, Smoking, and Drinking in High School Students

Abstract

전경자1) ․손신영 2) ․소애영 3) ․이꽃메 4) ․박선희 5)1) 순천향대학교 간호학과 교수, 2) 순천향대학교 간호학과 시간강사 3) 강릉대학교 간호학과 교수, 4) 상지대학교 간호학과 부교수, 5) 경희대학교 간호학과 전임강사 Chonan-si, Korea Tel: 82-41-570-2495 Fax :82-41-575-9347 E-mail: angel6484@naver.com Abstract Purpose: This study aimed at exploring relationships among Internet addiction, smoking, and drinking and examining the effect factors on Internet addiction, smoking and drinking. Methods: By using stratified sampling, 1,529 participants representing high school students in the Kangwon province were selected. Data was analyzed by SPSS 12.0. using χ 2 , Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Results: One-fifth of the total participants were at the mild or moderate stage of Internet addiction. Regarding smoking, 22.7% of male subjects and 4.5% of female subjects were current smokers. Regarding drinking, the percentages of subjects who drank alcohol once or twice per month were 53.5% of male students and 40.7% of female students. Internet addiction positively correlated with depression, novelty seeking, harm avoidance and reward dependence, Internet addiction negatively correlated with persistence, self-directness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence. Significant factors affecting Internet addiction were depression, gender, novelty seeking, and self-transcendence. Important factors influencing smoking were drinking, gender, school type, satisfaction with school, novelty seeking, and reward dependence. Significant factors affecting drinking were smoking, novelty seeking, school type and ages. Conclusion: This study shows the necessity of developing and implementing effective intervention programs in order to prevent adolescents from experiencing Internet addiction and health risk behaviors.

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