Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)

Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing (한국지역사회간호학회)
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The Effects of an Internet Addiction Prevention Program on Middle School Students

인터넷 중독 예방 프로그램이 중학생의 스트레스와 인터넷 중독에 미치는 효과

  • Joo, Ae-Ran (Department of Nursing, Chodang University)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an Internet addiction prevention program on middle school students' stress and Internet addiction, Methods: This research adopted the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design, and was conducted with 40 middle school students who were selected through convenient sampling and assigned to an experimental group or a control group, Data were collected from September 5, 2007 to September 27, 2007, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program by frequency, $x^2$-test, Fisher's exact test, and t-test. Results: The results of the experiment supported the hypothesis that the experimental group would have lower stress scores and Internet addiction scores than the control group, Conclusion: After 8 sessions of the Internet addiction prevention program, it was found the program was effective to reduce stress and Internet addiction.

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