Vol. 2024 No. 5 (2024)
Articles

The study of psychosocial characteristics of youth with internet addiction

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  • Zheng Yin,
  • Fengmin Xiong
Zheng Yin
Changzhou University, No. 21, Yinghu Middle Road, Wujin District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 213164, China
Fengmin Xiong
Jilin University, No. 5988, Renmin Street, Changchun City, Jilin Province, 130025, China
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Published 12-11-2024

Keywords

  • Internet addiction,
  • Adolescents,
  • Mental health,
  • Coping strategies,
  • Personality types,
  • Time management tendencies
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Z. Yin and F. Xiong, “The study of psychosocial characteristics of youth with internet addiction”, The Young Thinker's Rev., vol. 2024, no. 5, pp. 30–35, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.62852/ytr/2024/100.

Abstract

Objective: To explore the mental health status, coping styles, personality traits, and time management tendencies of adolescents with internet addiction, providing a theoretical basis for the mental and physical health education of these youth. Methods: A total of 2,784 students were screened for internet addiction using an internet addiction test questionnaire. Of the 80 identified internet addicts, 77 students were designated as the study group, and 80 students without a tendency towards internet addiction were selected as the control group. Both groups were evaluated using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), and the Adolescent Time Management Disposition Scale (ATMD). Results: The rate of internet addiction among adolescents was 3.1%. Except for the paranoid and psychotic factor scores, the study group's SCL-90 scores in the remaining eight factors were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.01). The active coping dimension score of the SCSQ was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group (P<0.01), while the passive coping dimension score was significantly higher (P<0.01). The introversion and neuroticism dimension scores of the EPQ were significantly lower in the study group than in the control group (P<0.01), while the psychoticism dimension score was significantly higher (P<0.01). The ATMD scores for time value, time monitoring, and time efficacy were all significantly lower in the study group than in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusion: Adolescents with internet addiction have poor mental health status, a more negative problem-solving approach, introverted and reclusive personality types, and unreasonable time management.

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