Analysis of Influences of Internet Surfing on Psychological Development of Children and Teenagers from the Positive Psychological and Management Perspectives

Abstract

Internet education is a novel education mode and an individualized education mode. It is an extension of traditional education by giving online education to children and teenagers. Most researches about internet surfing of children and teenagers mainly focus on internet addiction, network security and network monitoring. In this paper, an empirical study of internet surfing behaviors of children and teenagers from a new perspective was conducted under the guidance of developmental psychology, positive psychology, constructivism and humanistic thinking, which exposed the positive influence of internet surfing behavior on psychological development of children and teenagers. Since influences of various favorable factors on internet surfing behaviors of children and teenagers are hierarchical, personality factors (e.g. possessiveness and self-confidence) influence internet surfing behaviors directly, while dynamic cognitive factors (e.g. motivation and interest) influence internet surfing behaviors indirectly through personality factors. The important psychological mechanism of healthy behaviors of internet surfing of children and teenagers or transition of internet addiction was disclosed, and the management method of high-quality internet surfing of children and teenagers was proposed.