Gender Differences in Internet Addiction Associated with Psychological Health Indicators Among Adolescents Using a National Web-based Survey

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• 作者：Yeong-Mi Ha ; Won Ju Hwang
• 关键词：Internet addiction ; Adolescents ; Self ; rated health ; Subjective happiness ; Depressive symptom
• 刊名：International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：October 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：12
• 期：5
• 页码：660-669
• 全文大小：191 KB
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• 作者单位：Yeong-Mi Ha (1)
  Won Ju Hwang (2)
  
  1. College of Nursing & Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
  2. East–west Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, South Korea
  
• ISSN：1557-1882

文摘

Internet addiction, especially its prevalence among adolescents and its predictors, has been the focus of much research. Few studies have investigated gender differences in the relationship between Internet addiction and psychological health among adolescents. The present study investigated gender differences in Internet addiction associated with self-rated health, subjective happiness, and depressive symptoms among Korean adolescents aged 12 to 18?years using a nationally representative dataset. Data from 56,086 students (28,712 boys and 27,374 girls) from 400 middle schools and 400 high schools were analyzed. We found that 2.8?% of the students (3.6?% boys and 1.9?% girls) were addicted users, and the prevalence of Internet addiction was higher in boys than in girls. In multiple logistic regression analysis, three psychological health indicators including poor self-rated health, subjective unhappiness, and depressive symptoms were significantly related with Internet addiction in boys and girls. Girls with emotional difficulties such as subjective unhappiness or depressive symptoms had much higher risks of Internet addiction than did boys with similar problems. Further attention should be given to developing Internet addiction prevention and intervention programs that are tailored to fit boys-and girls-different needs.