Effect of Social-Psychological Intervention on Self-Efficacy, Social Adaptability and Quality of Life of Internet-Addicted Teenagers.

Abstract

Internet addiction leads to psychological and social damage to teenagers. Rehabilitation treatment of Internet-addicted adolescents has aroused widespread concern. This study aims to explore the effect of social-psychological intervention on self-efficacy, social adaptability, and quality of life of Internet-addicted teenagers. A total of 100 Internet-addicted teenagers in Guilin mental health center in China were selected and were randomly divided into control (n=50) and observation (n=50) groups. The teenagers in the control group received general withdrawal intervention, whereas those in the observation group received social-psychological intervention based on general withdrawal intervention. The intervention duration was 3 months. After intervention, the time management, interpersonal and health, Internet addiction tolerance, Internet withdrawal response, compulsive surfing of the Internet, and total score of Chinese Internet Addiction Scale of Internet-addicted teenagers in the two groups decreased significantly. Conversely, the total scores of boring and relaxation, stimulation and exposure, communication and information acquisition, negative emotion, and self-efficacy increased significantly, and the scores improved more significantly after the intervention in the observation group (P<0.05). Moreover, the scores of social adaptability, quality of life, and Internet avoidance of Internet-addicted teenagers in the two groups increased significantly after the intervention, whereas the scores of behavior monitoring and hazard perception decreased significantly, and the scores mentioned above improved more significantly in the observation group after the intervention (P<0.05). Social psychological intervention can effectively improve the self-efficacy of Internet-addicted teenagers, correct their bad surfing habits, and improve their social adaptability and quality of life, which is an intervention method worthy of promotion in the rehabilitation of Internet addiction.