Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region
This study looks at the Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region. This study aims to describe the relationships of internet addiction and lonely teenagers, and internet ad...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development
2013-07-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Child Development and Mental Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cdmh/article/view/66980 |
| Summary: | This study looks at the Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and
Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region. This study aims to describe the relationships of internet addiction and lonely teenagers, and internet addiction and social skills of teenage students from 8 provinces in the upper northern region. This study used quantitative research methodology by collecting data from 400 questionnaires and qualitative research methodology
by collecting data from the focus group to verify the study results. This study found that Internet Addicts (AD) were 14.75 percent of the sample. It is also found correlations between internet addiction and loneliness as AD correlated to Possible Loneliness at the positive coefficient (R=.158; P ≤.01), but differed significantly in the negative coefficient to
Not Lonely (R=-.137; P ≤.01). In studying the relationship between AD and social skills, it found that AD correlated to Social Skills in negative behaviors as: Aggressiveness/ Antisocial Behavior (F=28.061; P≤.05), Conceit/ Haughtiness (F=17.017; P≤.05) and Loneliness/ Soci al Anxi et y ( F=23. 603; P≤. 05) at the positive coeffici ent. Nevertheless, in the relationship between AD and social skills, AD did not significantly correlate to positive behavior as Social Skills and Assertiveness. |
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| ISSN: | 2286-7481 2586-887X |