Trajectories of Internet Addiction: Associations with Social Anxiety and Social Loneliness among College Students

• Main Authors: CHIU, YI-WEN, 邱逸雯
• Other Authors: CHEN, FU-LI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d76sss

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 公共衛生學系碩士班 === 106 === Objective: The popularity of the Internet has led to a decline in the age of the Internet. How to prevent Internet addiction has become an important new trend. If college students are trapped in the online world and are far away from the crowd, they will lead to physical and mental problems. Therefore, this study focuses on the impact of social anxiety and social loneliness on Internet addiction behavior. Methods: 1,465 samples were used and collected from 2013 to 2016 from Child and Adolescent Behaviors in Long-term Evolution (CABLE) project and use the questionnaire to score. Group-based trajectory model and multinomial logit model were used in the statistical analysis. Results: 1. Overall, the degree of Internet addiction behavior of college students decreased slightly in the sophomore year (average 18.90 points); but it rose after entering the junior year. Internet addiction behavior in the sophomore gender shows significant differences (male > female). 2. In the multinomial logit model, the social anxiety of the "continuously slightly higher group" was significantly higher than that of the "continuous normal group" (OR=1.180; CI=1.111-1.253); the social anxiety of the "continuous severe group" was significantly higher than "continuous normal group" (OR=1.311; CI=1.219-1.141), while living status is higher in school than in living (OR=0.564; CI=0.399-0.797). Conclusion: The social anxiety will change with time, and make Internet addiction behavior increase. The social loneliness will not increase with time. It is suggested that future research can deeply explore the causes of social anxiety for Internet addiction behavior and effect.