Establishment of the Initial Sandplay Picture System for Chinese Young Internet Addicts: Based on Valence Assessment of Normal Adolescents

Abstract

To develop the initial sandplay picture system for Chinese young internet addicts (ISPSCYIA) for the diagnosis and testing studies on internet addiction, 22 pictures were selected from the used pictures of initial sandplay in existing research results of initial sandplay of Chinese young Internet addicts. 54 normal adolescents were recruited to evaluate the valence of the pictures on a nine-point scale in terms of clarity, pleasure and arousal. Results were shown that there were no significant differences between addiction pictures and nonaddiction pictures in clarity, while there were significant differences in pleasure and arousal, as the scores of non-addiction pictures were higher. Correlation analysis indicated that there was obvious positive correlation among clarity, pleasure and arousal of addiction pictures & non-addiction pictures. The coefficients of internal consistency reliability and split-half reliability of 22 pictures' scores exhibited both over 0.90. ISPSCYIA has proved typical and distinctive through valence assessment, which could be preliminarily applied to measure the characteristics of Chinese adolescents' internet addiction.

Eye movement verification and evaluation of initial sandplay picture system for internet addiction symptoms in Chinese adolescents

“…Pictures used in the experiment were selected from the initial sandplay picture system for Chinese adolescents’ internet addiction symptom established by Ge et al [ 27 ]. There are 22 pictures in total (11 for addicts and 11 for non-addicts), each having a size of 19.6 × 11.4 cm.…”

“…At present, sandplay-based research on internet addiction mainly focuses on therapeutic intervention [ 23 – 25 ]. Although Ge et al [ 26 ] explored the initial sandplay characteristics of adolescent internet addicts in China and established a standardized initial sandplay picture system for Chinese adolescents’ internet addiction symptoms [ 27 ]. But the objectivity of sandplay as a diagnosis and evaluation tool for internet addiction symptoms has not yet been verified.…”

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