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Internet cafe addiction of Taiwanese adolescents

Wu, Chin-Shan, Cheng, Fei-Fei·2007·CyberPsychology & Behavior
DOI 10.1089/cpb.2006.9965
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With the recent vigorous development, the Internet has become a part of life. And the Internet café has become an emerging industry under this new wave of Internet heat. However, the Internet café has also brought about many unexpected social problems and negative effects on society in Taiwan. For example, Internet café addiction (or pathological use) is a particular phenomenon derived from Internet café in Taiwan. But currently there are just a few scholars who attend to this problem. This study focuses mainly on the phenomenon of Internet café addiction among adolescents in Taiwan, the Internet café patronage behavior, and the cause of this phenomenon. Result of a questionnaire survey indicate that a significant difference exists between male and female adolescent in the following two aspects: "the stay hours for each visit in Internet café" and "Internet café addiction scores." Males' stay hours in Internet café are longer than females', and males also get higher Internet café addiction scores than females. The results also indicate that participants' degree of self-esteem and support from their social network can account for 30% of variance of Internet café addiction. Further, the results also suggest that social support is positively related to Internet café addiction score, whereas a negative relationship between self-esteem and Internet café addiction score is observed.

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  • In 277 young Chinese smartphone users, gender did not predict SNS addiction using a modified version of Young's Internet Addiction Test.

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Authors
Wu, C.-S., & Cheng, F.-F.
Affiliations
  • WuFeng University (TW)
  • Department of Information Management, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
ORCID
Venue
CyberPsychology & Behavior
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2007-04
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
220-225
ISSN
  • 1094-9313 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-8364
DOI
10.1089/cpb.2006.9965
OpenAlex
W1983676078
Cited by
46
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
6.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.liebertpub.com/nv/resources-tools/text-and-data-mining-policy/121/ (tdm)
Locations
  • CyberPsychology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords
internet addiction, adolescents, Taiwan, gender differences, self-esteem, social support
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Social Environment, Social Support, Statistics as Topic, Taiwan, Utilization Review, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Asian People

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