Sensation seeking and internet dependence of Taiwanese high school adolescents

Lin, Sunny S. J.; Tsai, Chin Chung

doi:10.1016/s0747-5632(01)00056-5

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“…A secure and supportive family environment thus appears to be particularly relevant for adolescents as the lack of it increases the risk for Internet addiction. In addition to this, poor academic achievement was noted in a variety of studies as risk factor for Internet addiction [e.g., 50,97,217]. Scholastic and academic pressures (particularly in Asian countries) appear to have a negative influence on the adolescents' and young adults' adjustment and life satisfaction which again may lead them to seek refuge in online worlds by applying a dysfunctional coping strategy.…”

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Internet Addiction: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Research for the Last Decade

Kuss¹,

Griffiths²,

Karila³

et al. 2014

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Abstract:In the last decade, Internet usage has grown tremendously on a global scale. The increasing popularity and frequency of Internet use has led to an increasing number of reports highlighting the potential negative consequences of overuse. Over the last decade, research into Internet addiction has proliferated. This paper reviews the existing 68 epidemiological studies of Internet addiction that (i) contain quantitative empirical data, (ii) have been published after 2000, (iii) include an analysis relating to Internet addiction, (iv) include a minimum of 1000 participants, and (v) provide a full-text article published in English using the database Web of Science. Assessment tools and conceptualisations, prevalence, and associated factors in adolescents and adults are scrutinised. The results reveal the following. First, no gold standard of Internet addiction classification exists as 21 different assessment instruments have been identified. They adopt official criteria for substance use disorders or pathological gambling, no or few criteria relevant for an addiction diagnosis, time spent online, or resulting problems. Second, reported prevalence rates differ as a consequence of different assessment tools and cut-offs, ranging from 0.8% in Italy to 26.7% in Hong Kong. Third, Internet addiction is associated with a number of sociodemographic, Internet use, and psychosocial factors, as well as comorbid symptoms and disorder in adolescents and adults. The results indicate that a number of core symptoms (i.e., compulsive use, negative outcomes and salience) appear relevant for diagnosis, which assimilates Internet addiction and other addictive disorders and also differentiates them, implying a conceptualisation as syndrome with similar etiology and components, but different expressions of addictions. Limitations include the exclusion of studies with smaller sample sizes and studies focusing on specific online behaviours. Conclusively, there is a need for nosological precision so that ultimately those in need can be helped by translating the scientific evidence established in the context of Internet addiction into actual clinical practice.

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Internet Addiction: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Research for the Last Decade

Kuss¹,

Griffiths²,

Karila³

et al. 2014

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“…A number of scales have been developed to diagnose PIU in recent years such as Internet Addiction Test (IAT), 21 Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale (GPIUS), 22 Online Cognition Scale (OCS), 23 or Internet Addiction Scale for Taiwanese (IAST). 24 We chose to use IAT in our research for two reasons. First, IAT met the purposes of our study following Chang and Man Law's confirmatory factor analysis, which extracted three dimensions of IAT, namely, withdrawal and social problems, time management and performance, and reality substitute.…”

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Interrelations Between Virtual-World and Real-World Activities: Comparison of Genders, Age Groups, and Pathological and Nonpathological Internet Users

Bayraktar

Amca

2012

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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After the Internet Revolution, people have started to spend most of their everyday time online carrying out virtual activities. A limited number of studies tried to answer whether virtual activities match our real-world (RW) activities. Moreover, to our knowledge, there was no study that dealt with these interrelations between virtual and RW activities among the pathological and nonpathological users of the Internet (i.e. PIUs and NPIUs). The primary aim of this study was to fill this gap and to investigate the correlations between virtualworld (VW) and RW activities among PIUs and NPIUs. The secondary aim was to examine the perceptions of the Internet and motivations to go online for PIUs and NPIUs. The third aim was to compare virtual and RW activities across gender and age groups. The results indicated that correlations between most of the activities in RW and VW were high among men and women, among age groups, and also among PIUs and NPUs. However, beyond these similarities, perceptions of the Internet and motivations to browse into VW were differed among PIUs and NPIUs. In other words, PIUs, but not NPIUs, perceived VW activities more gratified and had motivations to go online for gratified functions.

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“…On the other hand, some teenagers are not as self-controlled and eventually face problems in their academic and social lives due to their excessive Internet usage. It is stated that Internet addiction (Young, 1996;Ko et al, 2005), which can be described as the excessive and misuse of the Internet, is a significant factor in the negligence of daily routine tasks and family relations, which can be a cause of emotional imbalance (Anderson, 2001;Davis, 2001;Lin & Tsai, 2002;Ryu et al, 2004;Young & Rogers, 1998). In the study conducted by Kaya, İkiz, and Asıcı (2016) with the participation of science high school students, a statistically significant positive relationship was found between problematic Internet use and psychological symptoms.…”

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The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

Gezgin

Çakır

Yıldırım

2018

International Journal of Research in Education and Science

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between nomophobia levels of high school students and their Internet Addiction. This study also investigates the factors including duration of smartphone and mobile Internet use that trigger and create this phenomenon. In order to explore the prevalence of nomophobia among high school students, the survey model was adopted in this study. As part of this survey, 929 high school students were randomly selected among 9th to 12th graders from Turkish high schools in different socioeconomic areas of Afyon, Ankara, and Mardin provinces. In the data collection process, a demographics questionnaire was employed, as well as a nomophobia scale and Internet addiction scale. According to the results, the nomophobia levels of high school students were found to be slightly above average. Pertaining to gender differences, female students have a higher tendency to exhibit nomophobic behaviors compared to male students. Additionally, students' grade levels (which could also be considered as age) has no effect on the prevalence of nomophobia. Considering the duration of smartphone ownership, it was found that the longer the duration of smartphone usage, the higher the risk of exhibiting nomophobic behaviors. Finally, the results indicated that the higher the level of student Internet addiction, the more nomophobic behaviors they tend to exhibit.

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Sensation seeking and internet dependence of Taiwanese high school adolescents

Cited by 369 publications

References 18 publications

Internet Addiction: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Research for the Last Decade

Internet Addiction: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Research for the Last Decade

Interrelations Between Virtual-World and Real-World Activities: Comparison of Genders, Age Groups, and Pathological and Nonpathological Internet Users

The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

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