Internet Addiction Disorder Among College Students and Its Influencing Factors

Objective To investigate the status of internet addiction disorder(IAD) among college students and analyze its influential factors in order to provide baseline data for taking interventional actions.Methods A stratified and cluster random sampling of college students from grade one to grade four in our school were surveyed with a self-administered questionnaire anonymously.Chi square test were employed to analyze the related factors by using SAS.Results 1766 effective questionnaires were retrieved,and 131 students were defined as internet addicts.The prevalence rate of IAD was 7.4%.It was higher in males than in females,with a significant difference(P0.05),and it was lower in grade one students than in higher grade,with a significant difference(P0.001).Analysis showed that the related factors for IAD were family factors such as the educational background of mother,whether the family is amicable,attitudes toward internet use by parents and on-line behaviors of students such as the time spent on-line every day,on-line all night,truancy for on-line,playing games on-line,and talking on forum on-line.Conclusion IAD among college students is not rare,factors such as the family the students come from and the on-line behaviors of students are associated with IAD.