Special Questionnaire: Internet Addictions

Georgios Errikos Hlapanis

Contents

• Purpose of Research • Research questions• Special Questionnaire about addictions/ how

the research was conducted• Analysis: Student’s profile• Analysis according to each research question• Presentation of some correlations• Conclusions

Purpose of small scale research

• Research will be done before and after each short term meeting (Austria, Norway, etc.)

• It will mainly serve as a tool for internal evaluation (have we met our goals?)

• It will also serve as an intellectual output that is beyond plagiarism and upgrades the quality of the results

Research questions

• 1st research question: Do students know what internet addiction is about? We will also check for awareness.

• 2nd research question: Have students experienced internet addiction?

• 3nd research question: Do students know what to do if they (or their friends) experience this?

Creation

Link

Answers

Number of daily answers

Total Answers: 660

1.3 Gender

1.6 How do you gain access?

Synopsis of student’s profile• From all 5 countries, a few more from Greece and

Norway• Mostly 15-16 years old (51%), many (42%) a bit

older 17-18• Girls 49%, boys 51%• 91% use the internet daily or many times a day• They mostly access the internet at home (80%)

and anywhere (76%)• 31% spend 1-2 hours, 43% 2-5 h, 18% over 5h

Correlations - Country

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between the

expected and the counted values of the answers of students from different countries in question 1.4 about internet usage:

• Students from Norway and Sweden use the internet much more than average, more for students from Austria, average for Poland and less for Greece (X2 =123.996, df=12, p=.000)

Correlations

Correlations

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between the

expected and the counted values of the answers of students from different countries in question 1.5 about internet usage:

• It is much more for Norway and Sweden, average for Poland and Austria and less for Greece (X2 =104.886, df=12, p=.000)

No significant correlations about Gender

1st research question:

Do students know what internet addiction is about?

And a question for self awareness

Correlations – do they know?

Correlations - awareness

Correlations - awareness

2nd research question:

Have students experienced internet addiction?

http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/internet-addiction-test/

3.1 Lose sleep due to late logins

No significant correlations about Age

• No significant correlation was found between the independent variable age and the dependant variables related to the above mentioned questions (3.1-3.9) concerning internet addiction.

Correlations - Gender

Correlations - Gender

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between girls

and boys concerning the number of times they try to cut down internet usage and fail:

• It is more for girls than for boys (X2 =18.284, df=3, p=.000)

Correlations - Gender

Correlations - Gender

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between girls

and boys concerning the number of times they prefer internet usage than going out with friends:

• It is more for boys than for girls (X2 =11.520, df=3, p=.009)

Correlations - Gender

Correlations - Gender

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between girls

and boys concerning the number of times they try to hide their internet usage:

• It is more for girls than for boys (X2 =14.288, df=3, p=.003)

Correlations - Country

Correlations - Country

Interpretation

• There is a significant difference among students of different countries concerning the number of times they lose sleep because of their internet usage:

• It is more for Norway, Sweden and Greece and less for Austria and Poland(X2 =39.338, df=12, p=.003)

Correlations - Country

Correlations - Country

Interpretation

• There is a significant difference among students of different countries concerning the number of times they want to prolong their internet usage:

• It is more for Sweden and Poland, average for Norway and less for Greece and Austria (X2 =39.338, df=12, p=.003)

Correlations - Country

Correlations - Country

Interpretation

• There is a significant difference among students of different countries concerning their average score of their answers about matters of internet addiction:

• It is more for Sweden (1.66) and Poland (1.65), average for Greece (1.60) and Norway (1.59) and less for Austria (1.47)(2.277, df=4, p=.021)

3nd research question: Do students know what to do if they (or their friends) experience this?

No significant correlations about Age

• No significant correlation was found between the independent variable age and the dependant variables related to question 4.1 concerning their choice of actions when someone has an internet addiction.

Correlations - Gender

Interpretation• There is a significant difference between girls

and boys concerning their choice of actions when they realize that someone is addicted:

• Girls choose more correct actions than boys (X2 =19.141, df=8, p=.014)

Correlations - Countries

Correlations - Countries

Interpretation• There is a significant difference among students

from different countries concerning their choice of actions when they realize that someone is addicted:

• Students from Greece and Austria choose more correct actions, students from Norway choose less correct actions and students from Poland and Sweden choose somewhere in between(X2 =114.119, df=32, p=.000)