The purpose of this study was to find general trends of internet addiction tendency, cyber-related delinquency in adolescence and to analyze the effects of the psychological variances. The SPSS 10.0 for Windows was used to analyze data obtained throug...
The purpose of this study was to find general trends of internet addiction tendency, cyber-related delinquency in adolescence and to analyze the effects of the psychological variances. The SPSS 10.0 for Windows was used to analyze data obtained through 217 middle school students in Gwang-ju. The results were as follows: (1) Adolescentce`s psychological variances were median and internet addiction tendency were slightly lower than median. (2) Internet addiction tendency showed significant differences according to self-esteem, impulsivity, depression. Cyber-related delinquency showed significant differences according to impulsivity, sensation seeking. (3) Internet addiction tendency was influenced by depression, self-esteem, impulsivity. Cyber-related was influenced by internet addiction tendency, sensation seeking.