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KMID : 0897520040090010033
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2004 Volume.9 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.38
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Comparison of Impulsiveness, Obsessive-Compulsiveness, and Depression between Internet-addicted College Students of Information Technology(IT)-related departments and Non-IT-related Departments
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Choi Sang-Heon
Kim Min-Jeong
Chung Young-In
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Abstract
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Objectives：This study aimed to investigate the differences of internet-use pattern and personality characteristics between internet-addicted college students of Information Technology(IT)-related departments and non-IT-related departments.
Methods： 286 male college students who were divided into 146 students of IT-related departments and 140 students of non-IT-related departments completed a checklist containing questionnaires designed by authors, Young’s Internet Addiction Test, Impulsiveness Questionnaire of Eysenck Personality Scale, Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory.
Results： 1) The rate of internet addicts of IT-related and non-IT-related departments were 25.3% and 25.7%, respectively. 2) The internet addicts of IT-related departments had less problems of peer relationship and spent more time in the daily internet-use compared with those of non-IT-related departments. 3) The internet addicts of IT-related departments showed lower levels of impulsiveness compared with those of non-IT-related departments, but there were no differences in levels of obsessive-compulsiveness and depression between the two groups.
Conclusion： These results suggest that the effects of personality characteristics and internet-use pattern of internet user on internet addiction may be different depending on their socio-environmental factors.
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KEYWORD
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Internet addiction, Information Technology(IT), Impulsiveness, Obsessive-compulsiveness, Depression
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