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Volume 6
Journal of Child & Adolescent Behavior
October 01-02, 2018 Osaka, Japan
30
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Psychiatrists and Psychologists Meet
World Psychiatrists 2018
October 01-02, 2018
J Child Adolesc Behav 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494-C1-006
Correlation between anxiety and internet addiction among adolescents in Indonesia: A
preliminary study
Engelberta Pardamean, Helenia Putri and Devita Widjaja
University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Statement of the Problem:
Adolescent age is an important transition phase from childhood into adult. In this transition, they
experience changes in physical and mental. This makes adolescents easily feel anxious. Majority of adolescents spend hours
surfing the internet to relieve their anxiety. This might slowly become addiction and as they spend more hours in virtual life,
more negative effects happen in real life. This vicious cycle of internet addiction continues and ruins the adolescent’s future.
Therefore, it is very important to determine the relationship between anxiety and internet addiction among Indonesian adolescents.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:
A cross-sectional study was done in junior high schools from grade 1 until 3 on
February 2018. Students aged 13 until 15 were asked to complete Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating
Scale (HAM-A). Baseline characteristics were presented using descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation analysis was
used to determine correlation between anxiety and internet addiction.
Findings:
A total of 88 students participated in this study and most were female (58.43%). The median of age was 14 (13-15)
years old. From 70 students that had mild anxiety, 41 students (58.6%) didn’t have addiction, 27 students (38.6%) had mild
addiction and 2 students (2.8%) had severe addiction. Moreover, from 12 students that had moderate anxiety, 3 students (25%)
didn’t have addiction and 9 students (75%) had mild addiction. In addition, from 6 students that had severe anxiety, 4 students
(66.7%) had mild addiction and 2 students (33.3%) had severe addiction. Anxiety and internet addiction was significantly
correlated (p<0.001) with moderate strength (r=0.431).
Conclusion & Significance:
There was a moderate relation between anxiety and internet addiction among adolescents aged
13 until 15 in Indonesia.
engelberta.pardamean@yahoo.com