A Study of Factors that Influence Internet Addiction, Smoking, and Drinking in High School Students.
10.4040/jkan.2007.37.6.872
- Author:
Kyung Ja JUNE
1
;
Shin Young SOHN
;
Ae Young SO
;
Ggod Me YI
;
Sun Hee PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Soonchunnhyang University, Korea. angel6484@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Drinking;
Temperament;
Character
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adolescent Behavior/*psychology;
Alcohol Drinking/*psychology;
Behavior, Addictive/*psychology;
Depression/psychology;
Female;
Humans;
*Internet;
Male;
Multivariate Analysis;
Smoking/*psychology;
Students/psychology
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2007;37(6):872-882
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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 chi-square, 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.
