scholarly journals Association between Internet Addiction and Application Usage among Junior High School Students: A Field Survey

Author(s):  
Kentaro Kawabe ◽  
Fumie Horiuchi ◽  
Rie Hosokawa ◽  
Kiwamu Nakachi ◽  
Shu-ichi Ueno

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between the severity of Internet addiction and various media-related applications. The participants were junior high school students between 12 and 15 years old. A total of 529 students (283 males, 246 females) were included. The participants answered Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and a structural questionnaire about their access to electronic devices and applications. An Internet addiction prevalence of 4.3% (95% CI: 2.8–6.5%) was reported in this study, with an additional 26.3% (95% CI: 22.6–30.2%) of participants possibly addicted. The accessibility of gaming devices was significantly higher in male students than in female students. The use of applications for SNSs was significantly higher in female students than in male students. Twitter accessibility was a factor that contributed to Internet addiction in both genders. The prevalence of severe Internet addiction among school students in Japan was 4.3%, and Twitter was the most important factor associated with this addiction. Media literacy must be increased in adolescents and their friends, teachers, and families.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-298
Author(s):  
Ajeng Widiya Putri ◽  
Riski Nuraida

In our daily lives, Social Arithmetic can be applied easily, but in reality, in the school environment, there are still many students at the junior high school level who are not familiar with Arithmetics. This research wants to determine and analyze the level of difficulty of junior high school students in solving non-routine problems, especially in social arithmetic material In terms of gender. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. This study aims to describe the analysis of student difficulties in arithmetic material on Social Arithmetic without any prior treatment. This research was conducted at one of the junior high schools in Soreang. The subjects of this study the sample in this study was taken randomly, were 8 junior high school students, 4 female students, and 4 male students. Based on the research result, the average score for male students and female students have almost the same ability ie 56 and 53. The average score for arithmetics Material of both male and female students was under the KKM value of 70, which means that both male and female students have not been able to understand and work on social arithmetic story problems properly.


2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rumi Matsushima ◽  
Kunio Shiomi

Close relationship during adolescence plays an important role in the young person's overall psychological development. As the most important factor about the development of a close relationship, many studies have emphasized the role of self-disclosure. In this study, the relationship between self-disclosure and friendship in adolescence was examined.Two scales about self-disclosure and friendship were administered to 454 junior high school students. The types of friendship in early adolescence were explored, and the relationship between types of friendship and self-disclosure was examined.


1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory D. Zimet ◽  
Rina Lazebnik ◽  
Ralph J. DiClemente ◽  
Trina M. Anglin ◽  
Paul Williams ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 1301
Author(s):  
Wardani Rahayu ◽  
Rizka Zakiah

This study aims to determine the development of mathematical representation skills of junior high school students (SMP) based on mathematical exam results data in 2014-2016. The research data was obtained from responses of students' answers consisting of 1,535 students in 2014 and 2,000 students in 2015 and 2016 classified based on indicators of mathematical representation ability. In addition, the classification of student response data is also by gender and type of school. This research is a descriptive research using tables and graphs to describe data analysis of the development of the ability of mathematical representation in each year. The results show that the average percentage of mathematical representation ability of junior high school students in creating and using representations to organize, record and communicate mathematical ideas decrease every year. In indicators uses representation to model and interpret the physical, social, and mathematical phenomena increase in 2014 to 2015 but decrease in 2016. In general, the average percentage of mathematical representation ability of male students is higher than female.   


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