The present study tried to identify the general figure of internet use and internet addiction among adolescence. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 1200 male and female middle and high school students. In results, most of the students had compu...
The present study tried to identify the general figure of internet use and internet addiction among adolescence. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 1200 male and female middle and high school students. In results, most of the students had computer at home, using internet, used internet primarily to send/receive e-mail and to search sports or entertainment news, and used internet to meet large groups of people in net as well as to express themselves in their own inline space. In addition, around 37% of students were experiencing internet addition. The addition group used internet longer, used internet more often in order to escape their reality, used internet alone more often, more often experienced parents` care in internet using, had fewer friends, had lower self-esteem, received lower level of family support, and committed to juvenile delinquency more often compared to non-addition group.