Child Health Nursing Research
- Volume 11 Issue 3
- /
- Pages.263-272
- /
- 2005
- /
- 2287-9110(pISSN)
- /
- 2287-9129(eISSN)
Scope of Internet Addiction and Predictors of Addiction in Korean Children in Early Elementary School
초등학교 저학년 아동의 인터넷 중독 실태와 영향 요인
- Moon Young-Im (College of Nursing, The Catholic University) ;
- Koo Hyun-Young (Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Park Ho-Ran (College of Nursing, The Catholic University)
- Published : 2005.07.01
Abstract
Purpose: This study was done to identify the scope of internet addiction in school age children in early grades of elementary school in Korea, and to identify factors affecting internet addiction fur these children. Method: The participants were 408 children from in grades 1 to 4 in four urban elementary schools. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires which were constructed to include a parent-child internet addiction test, a self-control rating scale, and a scale of parent control of on-line use. The data were analyzed using the SPSS program. Results: Of the children,