Investigation And Prevention Study On Internet Addiction Phenomenon For Middle-school Students At The City Of Weihai

With the progress of modernization and informationization, and the advance of the network in the present information society, many people are getting addicted to the network, especially those middle-school students who are at an important transition period of their life. While the students are enjoying the fun and convenience brought by the network, an increasing number of them are getting addicted, which has done great harm to their health and influenced their life and study. Such as indulging themselves in network, vision drop, constitution delicating, degradation of self-evaluation, lack of communication and psychological obstacle.What is more, it is showd a increasing trend from the network crimes committed by adolescents. The study on internet addiction phenomenon for middle-school students, which in order to prevent and correct it, has important significance for the physically and mentally healthy, promoting teaching effect, maintaining social stability and promoting network psychology.In recent years, the experts in psychology ,medical and education that at home and abroad have done some research on the phenomenon of internet addiction, and have put forward constructive suggestions for the prevention and cure of the problem. This paper, which is expected to provide some reference for follow-up research, makes a systematic analysis of the symptoms, diagnosis, harmful effective, causes, special features and preventative measures concerning network addiction, taking into consideration the characteristics of middle-school students.The present research takes 360 middle-school students who are randomly selected at the City of Weihai as subjects. There are 198 boys and 162 girls included, and the average age is 13.6. The research is investigated with anonymous questionnaire taking a class as a unit, and draws the following conclusions. First, the percentage of internet addiction is 7.56% in the urban area. Second, there are significant differences in terms of gender, and the male are more easily getting addicted than the female. Third, the internet addicts differ significantly from non-addicts in terms of online history, time, frequency and places. Fourth, the application of Network functions is different between the two groups. Fifth, the negative influence of Network is great to the study of the internet addicts. Sixth, there are significant differences in terms of family educational patterns. The parents of internet addicts are inclined to punishment, interference and denial. Generally they do not show enough support for, encouragement to, or communication with their children. Seventh, compared with non-addicts, Internet addicts tend to take self-accusation, fancying, withdrawal as the methods to handle problems. Eighth, Internet addiction does serious harm to students'physical and mental health, interpersonal communication, and the forming of moral character, even more, and it can even cause network crimes. This paper discusses the causes of internet addiction from such perspectives as society, family, school and youngsters themselves. Ninth, the prevention and treatment of middle-school students'internet addiction may achieve better results if the strength of society, family, school and youngsters themselves are combined.The research on internet addiction for the youths is a pressing and arduous task in the era of information. It is a social systems engineering which needs the efforts of various aspects. The research is not only good for the healthy growth of the youths, but also has important significance in the development of our state.