The Study of Relationships of Internet Use Time, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Relationships, Cyber Flow Experience and Internet Addiction Among Junior High School Students of Tao-Yuan Region

• Main Authors: Feng-I Lu, 呂鳳儀
• Other Authors: Jian-Bin Shih
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58209019984707342326

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate how junior high school students’ Internet addiction relates to the following four variables, including the amount of time in Internet using, personal characteristics, interpersonal relationship and Cyber flow experience. Questionnaires are distributed in 13 junior high schools and 8 Internet cafes. 600 questionnaires are valid among all 815 questionnaires as a result of 76% response rate. Five scales are applied to gathering data, including Mini-Maker, CIAS, Real and Virtual Interaction Scale and finally, Internet Flow Experience Scale. SPSS 12.0 is employed to analyze date by the means of descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results are stated below. The amount of time in Internet use bears positive correlation with Internet addiction. Junior high school students’ extraversion and neuroticism are relevant to Internet addiction. Junior high school students’ interpersonal relationship has significant bearing on Internet addition. Junior high school students’ Internet flow experience has positive correlation to Internet addiction.The amount of time in Internet using, neuroticism, interpersonal relationships, Cyber flow experience bear positive prediction about Internet addiction. The paper examines the relationship between junior high school students’ Internet addition and the four different variables. The results and suggestions are presented for further studies. Keywords: Internet addiction, Internet use time, personality traits, interpersonal relationship, Cyber flow experience