The Relationship between Internet Addiction with Social Skill, Disorders Of Anxiety among High School Students of Urmia in Academic Year 2014-2015
Author(s) -
Dorbizadeh Asl,
Dr. Reza Tasbihsazan Mashhadi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scinzer journal of humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2415-1033
DOI - 10.21634/sjh.2.1.1318
Subject(s) - addiction , anxiety , psychology , the internet , internet addiction disorder , social anxiety , social skills , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medical education , psychiatry , medicine , world wide web , computer science
This study was its aim to investigate relationship between internet addiction with social skill, disorders of anxiety and parenting styles in teenagers. Statistical society of research related to teenagers of 16-14 years old that in academic year 2014-2015 in schools of region 1 were studying in city of Urmia. We selected sample size equal to 120 persons (60 females and 60 males). The assessment tools have been such as questionnaires of internet addiction related to Yang, social skills of Matson, anxiety disorders of Eskard. We selected samples by sampling method of multistage cluster. Findings of research shows internet addiction rate for girls and boys in the slight range (20-49) and frequency of internet addiction in boys (61.7) has been more than girls (57.3). The boys who used the Internet more, has showed less social skills and more anxiety disorders in comparison with own other peers. With the increasing of internet addiction, factors of disobedience (Rebellion), social behavior of inappropriate, condescending (rivalry) in girls and factors of inappropriate social behavior and fear of relationship with peers in boys increase. With the increasing of internet addiction, decreases factor of generalized anxiety disorder in girls and boys and increase factors related to disorders of anxiety and panic, separation anxiety disorder, social phobia and school phobia.
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