Effects of a Group Counseling Integration Program on Self-determination and Internet Addiction in High School Students with Tendency to Internet Addiction

Park, Gyeong Ran; Kim, Hee Sook

doi:10.4040/jkan.2011.41.5.694

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2011 Oct;41(5):694-703. Korean.
Published online Oct 31, 2011.
https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2011.41.5.694

Original Article

Effects of a Group Counseling Integration Program on Self-determination and Internet Addiction in High School Students with Tendency to Internet Addiction

Gyeong Ran Park,¹ and Hee Sook Kim²

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- ¹Team Leader, Gumi City Mental Health Center, Gumi, Korea.
- ²Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University College of Nursing, Daegu, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Kim, Hee Sook. College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-422, Korea. Tel: +82-53-420-4927, Fax: +82-53-422-4926, Email: hskim8879@knu.ac.kr

Received October 19, 2010; Accepted October 24, 2011.

Abstract

Purpose

In this study the effects of a Group Counseling Integration Program for students with a tendency to internet addiction were examined.

Methods

Thirty-seven students who were in a vocational high school in G city participated in a survey, which was carried out from October 12 to November 12, 2009. To test the effects of the Group Counseling Integration Program, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group (18) and a control group (19). The research design used in this study was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized pre-posttest quasi-experimental research design. The research tools included a self-determination scale and an internet addiction scale. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test, t-test, and ANCOVA with the SPSS/WIN 14.0 program.

Results

Significant differences were found in self-determination scores and internet addiction scores between the experimental group and the control group (F=5.99, p=.020) (t=-2.53, p=.016).

Conclusion

The results indicate that Group Counseling Integration Programs are an effective nursing intervention for improving self-determination and decreasing internet addiction in students with a tendency to internet addiction.

Keywords

Internet addiction; Self-determination

Figures

Figure 1
Research design.

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Tables

Table 1
The Group Counseling Integration Program

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Table 2
Homogeneity Test of General Characteristics (N=37)

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Table 3
Homogeneity Test of Dependent Variables (N=37)

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Table 4
Differences of Self-Determination between the Two Groups after Adjusted by Covariate (URICA) (N=37)

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Table 5
Differences of Internet Addiction between the Two Groups (N=37)

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Notes

This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Kyungpook National University.

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