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Internet addiction, a kind of behavioral addiction, has recently emerged as a big social issue among Korean adolescents. However, medical researches on the internet addiction has just started. Through a...
BACKGROUND: The goals of this study are to evaluate the propensity to depression in Korean internet users associated with internet using environment and attempt to aid proper management of internet...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine stress and social support according to Internet addiction in juveniles.
METHOD: Subjects were middle and high school students in Daegu (N=492). Data...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine impulsivity and self-efficacy according to Internet addiction in adolescents.
METHOD: Subjects were middle and high school students in Daegu (N=486). Data were...
PURPOSE: Internet addiction is a newly recognized problem in the adolescents. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the educational needs for Internet addiction in middle school...
From the late 1990s a growing number of children and adolescents are spending considerable time on the Internet, especially on multiplayer role-playing online games. This Internet addiction has become a...
The number of Internet users is rapidly increasing in Korea. Because of the busy modern life style, demands for the convenient medical services using the Internet are also increased. There...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine internet addiction, self-esteem and loneliness in adolescents.
METHOD: Subjects were middle and high school students in Daegu (N=486). Self-rating questionnaire included...
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the level of Internet addiction among adolescents, and to examine factors affecting Internet addiction in adolescents.
METHOD: The participants in were 475 high...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of internet addiction, internet expectancy, and self-efficacy in elementary school students.
METHOD: The study was carried out during the...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of internet addiction and factors affecting internet addiction in elementary school students.
METHOD: The participants in this study were 1,328...
For the purpose of developing 'internet nutritional education program', this study analyzed the actual states of internet nutritional information of middle/high school students. Survey questionnaires were distributed from October 21,...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated internet addiction prevention program and test its effects on the self-regulation and internet addiction of elementary students who are...
BACKGROUND: Obesity is growing and becoming a common health problem in Korea. The purpose of this study was to develop a weight reduction program for public health care using the...
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...
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify the degree of Internet addiction and factors influencing this addiction among high school students in Korea.
METHOD: A total of 405 high school...