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College Students' Internet Addiction Of The Network Inside And Outside The Groups Agree With The Differences

Posted on:2012-03-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330344450058Subject:Applied Psychology
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In recent years, the growing problem of Internet Addiction has become the focus of attention for many researchers at home and abroad. This research combines the traditional and the current survey methods which is the new Implicit Association Test-IAT together to research on implicit cognition, implicit attitudes and the meaning of social group identity and its theory. And this research also has a careful review and summary for the study, research methods and significance. On this basis, the study used Internet Addiction Scale as a test scale, and used the implicit association preference questionnaire as measurement tools for groups of students which are separated to two teams-the Internet Addiction group and the non-Internet Addiction group. Both teams were told to have the network External measures and the IAT measures. The research compared the two groups in the differences in implicit recognition; discussed of the network preferences and groups inside and outside the network relationship between implicit recognition; discussed of whether or not the preferences of different kinds of use in networks and Internet addiction have strong implicit recognition contact; study of the network preferences may predict the formation of the Internet Addiction. The research conclusions are as follows:First, compare to the non-Internet Addiction groups, the students who were in addiction to the network held more positive attitudes towards the Inner-Internet groups; and students of non-network addicts, groups and networks inside or outside the network, there is no preference between the two external groups.Second, in the four major Internet functions, the students scored highest on the preference in entertainment tool, following is information channel function and function of social tools, trading tools to function in the lowest in the four functions.Third, both teams' scores have no significantly difference in the network information, entertainment, social networking tools, but they have significant difference in scores in the trading tools preferences.Fourth, the Internet Addiction team has no significant relationship between the implicit identity of the inside and outside groups on the network and the preference of the use of network.
Keywords/Search Tags:Implicit social cognition, group identity, IAT, Internet Addiction, College Students, Network Preferences
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