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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| author | Supatatt Dangkrueng Teerapat WannaUeumol Pupayup Yodming Samai Sirithongthaworn |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-e367ce4f4b9f4f268bb35165375629852022-12-22T03:41:21ZengRajanagarindra Institute of Child DevelopmentInternational Journal of Child Development and Mental Health2286-74812586-887X2013-07-0112263066980Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern RegionSupatatt Dangkrueng0Teerapat WannaUeumol1Pupayup Yodming2Samai Sirithongthaworn3Faculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University, ThailandFaculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University, ThailandFaculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University, ThailandRajanagarindra Institute of Child DevelopmentThis 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.https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cdmh/article/view/66980Internet addictionLonelinessSocial SkillsTeenagers |
| spellingShingle | Supatatt Dangkrueng Teerapat WannaUeumol Pupayup Yodming Samai Sirithongthaworn Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region International Journal of Child Development and Mental Health Internet addiction Loneliness Social Skills Teenagers |
| title | Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region |
| title_full | Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region |
| title_fullStr | Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region |
| title_short | Relationships between Internet Addiction and Loneliness, and Internet Addiction and Teenage Social Skills: A Case Study of Mathayom Suksa Students in the Northern Region |
| title_sort | relationships between internet addiction and loneliness and internet addiction and teenage social skills a case study of mathayom suksa students in the northern region |
| topic | Internet addiction Loneliness Social Skills Teenagers |
| url | https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cdmh/article/view/66980 |
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