This study aimed to determine the effects of self-control on Internet immersion in adolescence and the moderating effects of negative parenting attitudes. Furthermore, this study is intended to provide education, prevent Internet immersion, and give parent education so that adolescents could desirably use the Internet. To this end, a survey was conducted on 249 male and female adolescents at the national level. Self-control was used as an independent variable, parenting attitude as a parameter, and Internet immersion as a dependent variable. This study obtained the following results. First, the negative maternal parenting attitude has moderating effects on the impact of self-control on Internet immersion, whereas a negative paternal parenting attitude has no moderating effect. Second, self-control was identified as an essential variable in preventing Internet immersion in adolescence; a significant association was found between maternal parenting attitude and self-control. It is ultimately necessary to improve self-control and maternal child-rearing education at home to solve Internet immersion in adolescence. Furthermorenecessary to get attention and support for maternal education regarding Internet over-immersion in cooperation with schools and communities.

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