The Effects of an Internet Addiction Prevention Program on Middle School Students.
- Author:
Aeran JOO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chodang University, Korea. arjoo@chodang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Stress;
Internet
- MeSH:
Humans;
Internet*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2009;20(2):207-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an Internet addiction prevention program on middle school students' stress and Internet addiction. METHODS: This research adopted the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design, and was conducted with 40 middle school students who were selected through convenient sampling and assigned to an experimental group or a control group. Data were collected from September 5, 2007 to September 27, 2007, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program by frequency, chi2-test, Fisher's exact test, and t-test. RESULTS: The results of the experiment supported the hypothesis that the experimental group would have lower stress scores and Internet addiction scores than the control group. CONCLUSION: After 8 sessions of the Internet addiction prevention program, it was found the program was effective to reduce stress and Internet addiction.
