As our society dashes into the information -oriented society, we face to an new social problem with changed life-style. Especially the problem of internet addiction which is originated by the generalization of internet in our life brings about serious...
As our society dashes into the information -oriented society, we face to an new social problem with changed life-style. Especially the problem of internet addiction which is originated by the generalization of internet in our life brings about serious problem in various age groups. Among there the internet addiction which is appeared to children and youths who are immatured in physical and spiritual conditions increases daily, what is very serious problem.
So this study performs to analyze the actual condition of internet addiction in elementary school's children and to clarify the home environment cause of internet addiction, for resolving the purpose it analyzes the family internet using environment factiors which get to internet addiction, based on these analyzed causes it tried to find out the improvement program of home internet using environment for preventing internet addiction. This study choose sampling method that there is six hundred children who are fifth and sixth grades in In-cheon metropolitan city, and collects materials by using question verification. Collected material are classified into three levels of internet addiction by using k0measure; internet addicted user, potential addicted internet user, average internet user. And chi-square test is executed to examine the differences of their family factors closely.
The summarizing if following.
First, 65.8% among the subject of inquiry uses internet normally 25.3% has potential addiction, 8.8 % are appeared serious level in addictive using.
Secont, the internet addictive rate appears as 34.1%, which showed as sex distinction 44.7% among schoolboys and 21.9% among schoolgirs, as the results schoolboys tends to be twice higher addictive trends than schoolgirls. and it shows higher addictive rate according to they are high grades.
Third, the main acts for internet using, which are connected with internet addiction, are 54.4% in internet game, 26.1% in e-mail interchange, electronic board for communication, 16.8% in sutdying of texts, they use internet for amusement than studying of communication. Especially the group that mainly uses connection sites for internet game shows higher addictive rate, so the relation between internet game and internet addiction is very high. It says that internet game addiction
Forth, it make the environmental factor that causes the excessive use of internet using the internet in the environment closed and out of control. Therefore, it is required the formation of environment that prevents them from devotion related to internet addiction by opening the computer using space to family naturally
Fifth, the family relation factors which are connected with internet addiction shows that there are higher trends when they use internet irregularly, when their mothers have jobs, when they have little conversation time with parents and have little common activities with family, when parents believe a little, when parents use regulation method than supporting for internet using. As the results, it can say that there is a relation between the lack of chance to communicate with family, common activities and internet addiction.
It is difficult to interpret whether because of the lack of chance to do common activities with family they are absorbed in internet game for the purpose of escape, as the result they become to be internet addiction or by being absorbed in internet game family common activities chance becomes reduce. But the fact that students feel the lack of family's common activities is the expression of expect that they want family's common activities. If they aren't conscious of the lack of chance to have family's common activities there is no will to escape from internet addiction.
In conclusion, the conversation between family and the enlargement a chance of family's common activities are the method of protection and treatment for internet addiction.