The purpose of this study was to find out the relationships among the perceived social support, internet immersion and aggression in the case of higher grade students in elementary schools. The subjects were 426 students from 3 elementary schools loca...
The purpose of this study was to find out the relationships among the perceived social support, internet immersion and aggression in the case of higher grade students in elementary schools. The subjects were 426 students from 3 elementary schools located in Daejeon.
The findings of the study were as follows:
Firstly, there was difference in the Internet Immersion according to the frequencies, using times, reasons, mainly workings, favorite online games of Internet use.
Secondly, male group rather than the female group in the 5th grade were more immersed in Internet. But there wasn't difference in the internet immersion between male group and female group.
Thirdly, there were negatively significant correlation between perceived social supports and internet immersion. And the social support from father, mother and teachers affect to reduce the internet immersion.
Fourthly, there were positively significant correlation between internet immersion and aggression.
Fifth, there were negatively significant correlation between social supports and aggression. And the social support from father, mother and teachers affect to reduce the aggression.
The limitations of these findings were disscussed and application in elementary school students' education was proposed.