Latent Groups in Internet Use Types and Their Characteries

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to classify latent group according to changes of internet usage pattern based on the degree of internet usage. At the same time, the study sought to validate differences of variables such as level of individual and school environment between latent groups classified by longitudinal internet using patterns. This study used longitudinal data(2010-2013) Korean Children and Youth Panel Study(KCYPS) conducted by National Youth Policy Institute targeting middle school students. In examing hypotheses, Latent Class Analysis(LCA) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed. The results are as follows. First, it was divided in to 4 latent groups based on longitudinal internet using patterns and each of them were designated as High-Usage Group, Low-Usage Group, Informative-Usage Received (June 19, 2015), Review Request(June 22, 2015), Review Result(July 09, 2015) Accepted(July 30, 2015), Published(August 31, 2015) 136-742 Dept. of Psychology, Sungshin Women's Univ., 249-1, Dongseon-Dong 3-Ga, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea. email: jo_oseon@naver.com 136-742 Dept. of Psychology, Sungshin Women's Univ., 249-1, Dongseon-Dong 3-Ga, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea. email: merryharry94@gmail.com (Corresponding Author) 136-742 Dept. Psychology, Sungshin Women’s University, 34, Bomun-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea email: ymiezr@gmail.com * 본 연구는 2013학년도 성신여자대학교 교내연구비(2013-1-28-004)에 의해서 지원되어 실시되었다. Latent Groups in Internet Use Types and Their Characteries Copyright c 2015 HSST 614 Group, and Declining Group. Second, differences of individual factors (depression, social withdrawal, aggression, somatic symptoms) and school environment factors (learning activity, regulations, peer relationships, student-teacher relationships) between latent classes based on longitudinal internet using patterns were statistically significant. Implications of the study and future for future research are discussed.