Here we live in a fast changing world. The information and communication technologies have been surprisingly developing and making progress of our society. One of the benefit about the information and communication technologies is an internet. We can'...
Here we live in a fast changing world. The information and communication technologies have been surprisingly developing and making progress of our society. One of the benefit about the information and communication technologies is an internet. We can't imagine our life without it even for a day and it finally ends up with causing internet addiction which is called side effect. According to the survey of National Information Society Agency in 2006, 9.2% of Korean was in danger of Internet addiction or excessive use. When it comes to teenager, 14% was in danger of Internet addiction.
Former studies of Internet addiction were, however, about game addiction and psychological factors of indivisual. Those were for maladjusted children among average class. Despite this negative period of crisis, there are many studies which focus on protective factors that make development of average children possible, recently.
In fact, there was not enough studies about internet addiction of computer science gifted students. If we analize the difference between computer science gifted students and average students when it comes to factors of internet addiction, we would surely be able to find out the result which is very helpful for cause analysis and its remedy. This paper assume that the risk and protective fators are different at between average children group and science gifted students. After comparative analysis of each factors, this paper choose the risk and protective factors which cause internet addiction, it finally examined their effects.
This paper consists of 5 following studies. First, it examined the risk and protective factors which influence on children's behavior from child developmental psychology. In need of analyzing former studies about risk and protective factors, it analyzed them which were suggested by 9 person. [권지은(1998), Sharpe(2001)]
2nd, after analysis of former studies, it classified them by the risk and protective factors which were mentioned in child developmental psychology.
3rd, it choose the risk and protective fators for information and science gifted students through Delphi analysis.
4th, the examination for the computer science gifted students and average students was done by the proper test tool through Delphi analysis.
5th, Comparative analysis of computer science gifted students and average students was done through the test tools. And picking up unique factors of computer science gifted students, this paper shows the implication that contributes to protection of internet addiction and its remedy.
This paper shows that juvenile delinquency, aprosexia and aggression are very influential risk factors which cause internet addiction for computer science gifted students and average students. The strongest protective factor for computer science gifted students is self-control, whereas for average students is the ability to adap to school. Thus computer science gifted students have less possibility of internet addiction in spite of long hours of internet and computer use. The target of this paper were, however, only students group who lives in Incheon City. For more accurate result, the range of students need to be expanded. In addition, the following study about differnece between computer science gifted students and average students is necessary.
Key words : Gifted Student for Computer Science, Internet Addiction, Risk Factor, Protection Factor