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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kim, Kyunghee
• Ryu, Eunjung
• Chon, Mi-Young
• Yeun, Eun-Ja
• Choi, So-Young
• Seo, Jeong-Seok
• Nam, Bum-Woo

Titel

Internet addiction in Korean adolescents and its relation to depression and suicidal ideation: A questionnaire survey

Ist Teil von

• International journal of nursing studies, 2006-02, Vol.43 (2), p.185-192

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examined the relationship of Internet addiction to depression and suicidal ideation in Korean adolescents. The participants were 1573 high-school students living in a city who completed the self-reported measures of the Internet Addiction Scale, the Korean version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Major Depression Disorder-Simple Questionnaire, and the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Junior. A correlational survey design was employed. Among the samples, 1.6% was diagnosed as Internet addicts, while 38.0% was classified as possible Internet addicts. The prevalence of Internet addiction did not vary with gender. The levels of depression and suicide ideation were highest in the Internet-addicts group. Future studies should investigate the direct relationship between psychological health problems and Internet dependency.