청소년들의 인터넷 중독과 사이버섹스 중독실태 연구 = A Study on the Reality of Internet Addiction and Cyber-Sexual Addiction among Adolescents

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate actual conditions of internet addiction and cyber-sexual addiction among adolescents. To achieve it, first, the researcher intended to examine the meanings of internet addiction and cyber-sexual addiction in the literature, and to look into the state of adolescents who experienced to contact with obscene materials on/off line. Second, the researcher attempted to explore the two addictions centering around adolescents through IAT(Internet Addiction Test) and CAI(Cyber-sexual Addiction Index) devised by Kimberly S. Young. Data were collected from 1429 adolescents(821 males and 608 females). The study results were as follows; 1) 28.8% of the total respondents were experiencing internet addiction(1.9% with heavy addiction; 26.9% with mild addiction). 2) 5.7% of the respondents were cyber-sexual addicts(severe addicts were 1.5%; moderate 2.4%; mild 5.7%). Expecially, around 8.2% of the respondents who experienced to have contact with obscene materials were cyber-sexual addicts. 3) Most of the internet and cyber-sexual addicts tended to be more dependent on the internet with a tendency of disorder and compulsion than non-addicts. 4) At all the IAT index levels, the males scored higher than females. The gap between them in cyber-sexual addiction was about twice. 5) The internet addicts used the internet longer than non-addicts. The group with cyber-sexual addiction showed the same tendency.