Analysis of attitudes toward computer networks and Internet addiction of Taiwanese adolescents.
This study explored the interplay between young people's attitudes toward computer networks and Internet addiction. Ninety possible Internet addicts were selected for examination after analyzing the questionnaire responses of an initial sample of 753 Taiwanese high school adolescents. It was found that the subjects' attitudes toward computer networks could explain many aspects of Internet addiction. However, actual behaviors on Internet usage and perceptions on the usefulness of Internet were more important than affective responses toward computer networks in predicting adolescents' Internet addiction.
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Center for Teacher Education, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China. cctsai@cc.nctu.edu.tw
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology