Internet addiction and affected factors in primary school students: School-based study

Asli Kalkim; Zuhal Emlek Sert

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2021.03.003

Internet addiction and affected factors in primary school students: School-based study

Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2021 Jun;35(3):271-276. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.03.003. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Authors

Asli Kalkim¹, Zuhal Emlek Sert²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Izmir 35100, Turkey. Electronic address: asli.kalkim@ege.edu.tr.
² Department of Public Health Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Izmir 35100, Turkey. Electronic address: zuhal.emlek.sert@ege.edu.tr.

PMID: 33966792
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.03.003

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the prevelance of internet addiction and effected factors in primary school students. This school-based study was a cross-sectional descriptive research design. This study was conducted with 277 students. Prevelans of IA among students was found 10.5%. Variables such as age (≥11 years), internet use in a day (≥3 h), not use internet for education, homework, research, use internet for communication, social network, gaming and mid academic grade accounted for 23% of the internet addiction. It is recommended that children with risk factors for internet addiction should be determined in the early stages, and that school-based intervention programs should be performed for students and their parents to prevent internet addiction.

Keywords: Addiction primary school students; Adolescent; Child; Internet; Nursing.

MeSH terms

Behavior, Addictive*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Internet
Internet Addiction Disorder*
Schools
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires