The Study for Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth: Observer Rating Scale(KO scale)

Kim, Dong-Il; 조영미,; 정여주,; DongMinKim,; 이은아,

doi:10.15703/kjc.9.3.200809.1201

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“…A total score of > 10 implies a high risk for Internet addiction. Lee et al standardized the KO scale, and the Cronbach’s alpha was 0.88–0.89 [ 48 ].…”

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“…The Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth: Observer Rating Scale (KO scale) evaluates Internet addiction in adolescents based on teachers' and parents' observations [48] to compensate for the shortcomings of the Internet Addiction Proneness Scale (K-scale)-a selfquestionnaire [49,50]. The KO scale evaluates the main symptoms of Internet addiction, including compulsive use and obsession, tolerance and withdrawal, behavioral symptoms, daily life dysfunction, deviant behavior, and behavioral symptoms of hypothetical interpersonal orientation.…”

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Suicide warning signs that are challenging to recognize: a psychological autopsy study of Korean adolescents

Lee,

Kweon,

Kang

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background In South Korea, the leading cause of youth death has been suicide for about 20 years. In this study, we conducted a multi-method psychological autopsy to identify the psychiatric diagnosis, developmental history, personality traits, family history, school life, warning signs of suicide, and risk factors related to suicide for the first time in Korea. Methods This was a postmortem, retrospective, and descriptive study of 36 adolescents who died by suicide between August 2015 and July 2021 in South Korea. We obtained qualitative and quantitative data from the Korean Psychological Autopsy of Adolescent, conducted by the Suicide and School Mental Health Institute, the official student mental health policy-focused research institute of the Korean Ministry of Education. Results The adolescents comprised equal percentage of girls and boys. Approximately half of the deaths (55.6%) occurred at home and most (72.2%) involved jumping from a height. Most of the adolescents (97.2%) had one major psychiatric disorder before death, with depressive disorder being the most prevalent (75%). They were at a high risk for internet addiction before death. The most common personality trait was avoidance (28.6%), followed by submissiveness (27.3%). Half of the parents reported that the adolescents were satisfied with their school life and the teachers observed that they had no behavioral problems. One year before death, seven (19.4%) adolescents injured themselves and five (13.9%) had attempted suicide. Most of the deceased (80.6%) had expressed suicide warning signs to their families within one year before death. Adolescents had a long experience of family-related adverse events. Conclusions Most of the adolescents had mental health disorders and expressed suicidal intentions using verbal and nonverbal signs. However, it was challenging for families to recognize the risk signs because of adolescents’ personality traits or a good school life. To prevent adolescent suicide, adolescents, parents, and teachers need to be educated to recognize signs of suicide warning signs and equipped to guide adolescents to appropriate care.

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“…A total score of > 10 implies a high risk for Internet addiction. Lee et al standardized the KO scale, and the Cronbach’s alpha was 0.88–0.89 [ 48 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Suicide warning signs that are challenging to recognize: a psychological autopsy study of Korean adolescents

Lee,

Kweon,

Kang

et al. 2024

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Associations between Children’s Health-Related Characteristics, Self-Esteem, and Fathers’ Parenting Practices and Media Addiction among Younger School-Aged Korean Children

Lee

2022

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media addiction levels among early school-aged children and their health status, self-esteem, and their fathers’ parenting practices. Therefore, we analyzed the data from a total of 1149 fathers and children from the 10th year (2017) survey of the Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC), by the Korean Children’s Panel Research Institute. Specifically, a multinomial logistic analysis was conducted to identify the factors affecting children’s media addiction. The media addiction levels were 68.8%, 24.9%, and 6.3%, in general, high-risk, and potential-risk users, respectively. When media addiction levels were used as the reference group for general users, the pattern observed in the data revealed a direct positive association between media use time and the probability of becoming a potential-risk user (79.4%, OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.68). Furthermore, when general users were used as the reference group, the male gender accounted for the majority of high-risk users, at 99% (OR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.46, 2.71). Within this group, the children’s body mass index (BMI) was high (5%, OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.11), their media use time increased by 1 h a day (145%, OR = 2.45, 95% CI: 1.93, 3.11), their self-esteem decreased (32%, OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.49, 0.95), the fathers’ authoritative parenting practices were low (37%, OR = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.43, 0.92), and the permissive parenting practices were high (92%, OR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.09, 3.37). Therefore, the results of this study highlight children’s media use time and the risk factors related to high BMIs in order to prevent media addiction among early school-aged children. Our findings also suggest appropriate parenting practices and highlight the need to strengthen children’s self-esteem.

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The Study for Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth: Observer Rating Scale(KO scale)

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Suicide warning signs that are challenging to recognize: a psychological autopsy study of Korean adolescents

Suicide warning signs that are challenging to recognize: a psychological autopsy study of Korean adolescents

Latent Groups in Internet Use Types and Their Characteries

Associations between Children’s Health-Related Characteristics, Self-Esteem, and Fathers’ Parenting Practices and Media Addiction among Younger School-Aged Korean Children

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