scholarly journals Examination of an Educational Practice that Prevents and Alleviates Internet Addiction by Increasing Awareness of Internet Use and Addiction in Japanese High School Students

Author(s):  
Shunsuke Inagaki ◽  
Yuichi Wada ◽  
Tatsuya Horita
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amany A. Abdrbo ◽  
Salwa Hassanein

Background and objective: There is not enough evidence linking attitudes toward using the Internet to gather health information and adolescents’ lifestyles. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of Internet use for gathering health information and Internet addiction on adolescents’ health lifestyles in Saudi Arabia.Methods: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was utilized to collect data from a convenience sample of 456 high-school-aged female adolescents, who completed self-administered questionnaires consisting of demographic data, attitudes toward Internet use, Internet use for seeking health information, Internet use to communicate about health, Internet addiction, and adolescent health lifestyles.Results: The adolescent female high school students’ average age was 16.88 years (SD = 1.05); Regression analyses revealed that the main effects of students’ attitudes toward the Internet, along with how using the Internet to seek health information and to communicate about health, and Internet addiction significantly (p < .001) affected these female high school students’ lifestyles subscales. However, some predictors had varied effects on lifestyle subscales.Conclusions: The general consensus of the research about Internet use among young people to date shows that adolescents use the Internet to communicate about their own health problems, but they do not address all of the dimensions of healthy lifestyle. This study will help identify lifestyle risk factors among adolescent female high school students, such as malnutrition, physical inactivity, not taking full responsibility for one’s health and not communicating enough about one’s health. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 271-284
Author(s):  
Irina M. Bogdanovskaya ◽  
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Natalya N. Koroleva ◽  
Anna B. Uglova ◽  
Yulia V. Petrova ◽  
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Introduction. In the modern educational environment, the informatization of the learning process changes the process of development and socialization of schoolchildren. The widespread introduction of information technologies has both a constructive and destructive impact on the formation of young people. This actualizes the need to research the inner world of students who are affected by the negative consequences of excessive involvement in the Internet environment to create a modern system of psychological and pedagogical support. The purpose of the study: to study the influence of the characteristics of personal maturity on the formation of problematic Internet use of high school students. Materials and methods. The study of problematic Internet use was conducted using the CIAS test (Chen's Internet Addiction scale, adapted by V. L. Malygin, K. A. Feklisova). To study personal characteristics, such methods were used as: the scale of self-assessment of personal maturity (A.V. Miklyaeva.); the test of resilience (S. Muddy in the adaptation of D. Leontiev); the scale of socialization (California psychological Questionnaire); the modified method of "Who am I" by M. Kuhn, T. McPartland. The sample consisted of 1,031 people (669 girls and 362 boys), aged 14 to 18 years. Methods of mathematical statistics: methods of descriptive statistics, one-factor analysis of variance, regression analysis. The results of the study. Significant differences were revealed in a number of components of personal maturity in adolescents with different levels of involvement in the Internet environment. High school students with normative Internet use have significantly higher academic performance (H=12.35, p=0.0021), personal maturity (H=24.81, p=0.0001), reflexive maturity (H=76.26, p=0.0001), socialization (H=138.43, p=0.0001), self-esteem of the desire to grow up (H=7.25, p=0.0266). Students with problematic Internet use significantly more often have high indicators of resilience (N=225.5, p=0.0001), engagement (N=181.11, p=0.0001), control (N=172.38, p=0.0001), risk taking (N=199.62, p=0.0001). Predictors of the formation of problematic Internet use in high school students were identified: reflexive maturity (b=-0.573, p=0.000008), regulatory maturity (b=0.387, p=0.0059), level of socialization (b=-0.407, p=0.000006) and resilience (b=0.821, p=0.000001). Using regression analysis, the role of the characteristics of personal maturity and resilience in the actual determination of the CIAS Internet addiction index was determined. Conclusion. A number of new data have been obtained that reveal the personal characteristics of adolescents with different levels of involvement in the Internet environment. The role of the features of personal maturity and resilience in the actual determination of the CIAS Internet addiction index is determined. The data obtained can be used in psychological support of modern high school students in order to diagnose and prevent problematic Internet use.


Author(s):  
Krisztian Kapus ◽  
Rita Nyulas ◽  
Zsolt Nemeskeri ◽  
Ivan Zadori ◽  
Gyorgy Muity ◽  
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Introduction: The extensive availability of the internet has led to the recognition of problematic internet use (so-called internet addiction—IA) mostly concerning adolescents. Aim: Here, we present a study focusing on the prevalence and risk factors of internet addiction in Hungarian high school students, using a questionnaire-based survey. Results: Overall, 3000 paper-based questionnaires were successfully delivered and 2540 responses were received (response rate of 84.6%). A total of 1309 males (mean age 17.6 ± 1.43 years) (51.5%) and 1231 females (mean age 17.5 ± 1.4 years) (48.5%) took part in our study. Internet addiction was detected in 486 (19.1%) students (232 males, mean age 17.6 ± 1.35 years, and 254 females, mean age 17.34 ± 1.37 years) based on the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire. In a multivariate analysis, age (age of 17, OR = 3.688, p < 0.001), family status (living without parents) (OR = 2.091, p = 0.034), the size of the household (more than five people per household) (OR = 2.546, p = 0.026), spending more than 6 h online (OR = 5.457, p < 0.001), and daily time interval (OR = 84.316, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with internet addiction. Alcohol use (OR = 10.341, p = 0.001), drug intake (OR = 6.689, p = 0.001) and musculoskeletal disorders (OR = 3.966, p = 0.047) were also strongly associated with IA. Conclusion: A significant proportion of our students suffered from IA, which is associated with substance intake (possible abuse) and musculoskeletal pain in the multivariate analysis. Our study also draws attention to the preventable risk factors of IA, such as working hours or nighttime internet use, number of hours spent online and family surroundings.


2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Saggers ◽  
Yoon-Suk Hwang ◽  
K. Louise Mercer

AbstractSupporting students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in inclusive settings presents both opportunities and significant challenges to school communities. This study, which explored the lived experience of nine students with ASD in an inclusive high school in Australia, is based on the belief that by listening to the voices of students, school communities will be in a better position to collaboratively create supportive learning and social environments. The findings of this small-scale study deepen our knowledge from the student perspective of the inclusive educational practices that facilitate and constrain the learning and participation of students with ASD. The students' perspectives were examined in relation to the characteristics of successful inclusive schools identified by Kluth (2003). Implications for inclusive educational practice that meets the needs of students with ASD are presented.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 166-170
Author(s):  
Yulianna Mokanyuk

The article discusses the features of socialization in education and educationalenvironment in rural and mountain schools. The author analyzes the characteristics of vocationalguidance for adolescents; components of career guidance in schools in rural and mountainousareas. The author believes that the need to create and implement proactive forms and technologiesto learn. It is primarily about school degree, since it is in the high school age formed the basis ofsocial identity formation. This motivated the study of the methodological aspects of the educationof pupils in schools in rural and mountainous areas. Targeting high school students forprofessional work in general secondary education system needs rethinking science, the result ofwhich should be the introduction of educational practice new meaning of educational work, newforms of career guidance. Before modern rural and mountain schools acute problem enhancecareer guidance activities. The main content of professional orientation of young people in ruralareas is to cultivate students' professional interests to sustainable agriculture in the daily academicand extracurricular activities. In this connection it is necessary to start adequate training forinnovative development of rural and mountainous areas in need of systematic approach to trainingprocess that involves complex requirements, which form a system of nature.


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