Prevalence of Internet addiction disorder and personality analysis among school students in Guizhou Province

Objective To investigate the status of Internet addiction among high school students in Guizhou province,and to explore the personality and causes of internet addiction for providing basis of interventions.Methods By using stratified-cluster sampling method,2 897 high school students in Guizhou province were surveyed and analyzed on Internet use by Chinese Internet Addiction Scale(CIAS),Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire(SDQ),Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).Results It was found that 6.2% of the 2 897 high school students were diagnosed as Internet addiction.The percentage of internet addiction among junior high school students was higher than that among senior high school students,and the male students had higher percentage of Internet addiction than female students,both showed statistically significant(P0.05).The high school students with Internet addiction showed difficulties and problems such as emotion,peer trouble and excessive activity.In addition,the scores from students with Internet addiction were higher in neuroticism and psychoticism than those from the normal Internet users while scores for Internet addicts were lower in lying than scores in normal users.Conclusion Intervention measures should be taken to tackle the troubles of Internet addicts according to their personality characteristics.