The relationship between development identity and internet addiction

Abstract

Background:Computer and Internet use by children and adolescents is widespread and begins at an early age. They commonly use computers for playing games, completing school assignments, email, and connecting to the Internet. On-line, the most frequent activities are school work, email, games, and finding information. We investigated factors that influence adolescents' engagement in risky Internet behavior, in particular the factors relating to development identity.Methods:All the students, aged between 15 to 18 years old, come from 7 high schools of Iasi. The authors examined the online construction of identity at 283 teenagers, who had been involved in an online activities and completed a survey to assess relationships among development identity and (a) amount of Internet use (with the identification of a possible computer addiction), (b) the interference of excessive use with school grades and social life;Results indicated that the following factors were found to be predictors of adolescents development: frequency of Internet use, frequency of chatting, parental rules, type of personal information given out, amount of inappropriate messages received, whether inappropriate websites have been visited, and type of internet advice heard.Conclusions:Our results showed a significant positive correlation between measures of Internet use and time spent online for the Internet. Implications for and development as impacted by social support networks, are discussed. Finally, Internet use was associated with identity status. These results suggest that the Internet may be an important aid for teenager as they searched for an young identity.

The Effectiveness of Transtheoretical Model to Reduce Compulsive Internet Use of Senior High School Students

“…Vice versa, they will not feel pleased and unsatisfied the moment they could not access the internet. Adolescents who undergo internet addiction will surely feel satisfied when they have abundant time to access the internet (Stefanescu, Chele, Chirita, Chirita, & Ilinca, 2007). The increasing duration and repetition in accessing internet within adolescents become the main factors of the compulsive internet use issue among the subjects.…”

Comparison of national and personal identity between person with internet addiction disorder and normal internet users

“…According to the same authors internet might play an important role in youths’ identity formation. [ 3 ]…”

“…(2007), who carried out their study on 15--18-year-old students in seven schools, contend that internet use is related to different aspects of personality (personal, national, etc.). [ 3 ]…”

Medical students' life and virtual social networks a guide for educational managers and parents

“…[11] Although social networks can facilitate communication with friends[12], they can disrupt the study process by reducing the study time of students. [13] Considering the fact that in recent years social networks have found a significant place among students, the study of the problem of overuse and abuse of social networks among students is very important,[6] and because students in any country are the main capital of the country, so, examining students’ specific issues, successful education, and providing their physical, mental, and psychological health are among the most important goals of government educational planners. [14] However, owing to the role of the university in training qualified and skilled human resources in society,[15] the aim of this study was to investigate the status and application of virtual social networks in students’ life of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZAUMS) students.…”