Status and Associated Factors of Internet Addiction Among Secondary Vocational Students

Abstract

With the wide application of information technology in the field of education, the network has become a driving force that can not be ignored in the development of education.. While the Internet brings convenience, its negative effects are attracting more and more attention in every field of the society. For secondary vocational students in a critical period of psychological development, Internet addiction is a typical negative effect that cannot be ignored. Using the method of cluster random sampling, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 3855 secondary vocational students and 3415 parents in Q City, Shandong Province. The results showed that: (1) There are significant gender differences in secondary vocational school students' Internet addiction, and the overall rate of Internet addiction was 4.85%; (2) Internet addiction has significant negative correlation with interpersonal relationship, self-efficacy and learning time management, and significant positive correlation with learning anxiety; (3) Among the factors that lead to secondary vocational students' Internet addiction, peer relationship has an important impact. Schools, teachers and parents should work together to create a good network ecological environment, guide students to surf the Internet green and cultivate students' positive cognition, which can avoid the Internet addiction of secondary vocational students and promote their mental health development.