Chi Xinli, Hong Xin, Chen Xiaochen
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China; Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China; The Laboratory of the Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, China; Shenzhen Futian Foreign Languages High School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Addict Behav. 2020 Jul;106:106385. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106385. Epub 2020 Mar 9.
Adolescent Internet addiction is currently one of the most common and serious publicly social problems. Understanding Internet addiction in early adolescents has become particularly important for early detection and intervention. This study examines profiles of Internet addiction among Chinese early adolescents and explores both the personal and familial correlates of Internet addiction based on a large random sample. A total of 2059 Chinese seventh-grade students were invited to complete the questionnaire, which included sociodemographic factors, family functions, and Internet addiction. The results reveal that 15.3% of the participating Chinese early adolescents were defined by Young (1998) criteria as expressing Internet addiction, in which boys were more likely to express Internet addiction than girls. Students with poor academic achievements were also more likely to fall into this addiction. Adolescents who did not live with their parents and who experienced more family conflicts and less family communication were more likely to report Internet addiction. These findings suggest that focusing on boys and academic under-performers as well as improving family environments can help early adolescents reduce their propensity to become addicted to the Internet.
青少年网瘾是当前最常见且严重的公共社会问题之一。了解青少年早期的网瘾情况对于早期发现和干预尤为重要。本研究基于大量随机样本，考察了中国青少年早期的网瘾概况，并探究了网瘾的个人及家庭相关因素。共邀请了2059名中国七年级学生完成问卷，问卷内容包括社会人口学因素、家庭功能和网瘾情况。结果显示，根据杨（1998）的标准，15.3%的参与调查的中国青少年早期被界定为有网瘾，其中男孩比女孩更易表现出网瘾。学业成绩差的学生也更易陷入这种成瘾状态。与父母不住在一起、经历更多家庭冲突且家庭沟通较少的青少年更易报告有网瘾。这些发现表明，关注男孩和学业成绩不佳者以及改善家庭环境有助于青少年早期减少网瘾倾向。
