인터넷 중독과 주의력결핍 과잉행동장애에 관한연구

Abstract

As internet occupies a great deal of portion in our life, a lot of mental diseases become the points at issue relating to internet addiction. The purpose of this study is to examine whether internet addiction is related with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) that is characterized with sustained inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and then find out which sub-factors of internet addiction are influencing effective on ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). For this, analysis was attempted to find out the inter-relationship between them using the testing tools for Korean Internet Addictions Scale and ADHD Diagnosis Scale, for which data was collected against 288 subjects in senior high school who were reported to experience reduced hyperactivity disorder using self diagnosis program. The collected question data was analyzed using SPSS 15.0. As result of applying reliability analysis, frequency analysis, cross tabulation analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, it shows the following research results. First, as internet addiction gets deeper, ADHDbecomes serious, second, the ratio of internet addiction in the ADHD patients group is higher than that in the ordinary student group. Third, the sub-factors of internet addiction, especially in the order of daily life disorder, inability to judge between reality, positive expectancy, withdrawal symptom, virtual interpersonal relationship, deviant behaviors were appeared to have high co-relationship, which influence effective on ADHD. Lastly, in case of the difference among the grades, both ratios of composition between internet addiction and ADHD have not shown statistically significant difference, but in case of the analysis of difference on the score, ADHD showed lower score as the grade becomes higher while internet addiction showed lower score in the 3rd grader compared with that in the 1st/2nd graders.