Social Pathology and Prevention 2023, 9(2):47-59 | DOI: 10.25142/spp.2023.011

THE RISK OF ADDICTIVE INTERNET USE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN SLOVAKIA

Soňa Kollárová1
1 Department of Pedagogy and Andragogy, Faculty of Education, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

The main objective of the research was to map levels of addictive Internet use among secondary school youth. The Internet Addiction Measurement (IAT) questionnaire was used to collect data. The available sample was used to select pupils for the research population. We conducted the research in secondary schools in all regions of Slovakia (January–February 2022). The research sample comprised 776 respondents, of which 207 were male and 569 were female, with an average age of 17. The research results showed that four pupils suffer from strong Internet addiction, 79 pupils suffer from a moderate level of Internet addiction, 272 pupils suffer from a mild level of Internet addiction, and 421 pupils are habitual Internet users. The paper is an intermediate output of the KEGA project No. 024UMB-4/2022 Prevention of Online Risk Behaviour.

Keywords: Internet addiction, secondary school pupils, addictive use of the Internet, adolescents, prevention

Received: February 6, 2023; Revised: June 19, 2023; Accepted: June 20, 2023; Published: May 24, 2024  Show citation

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