Study Yoo et al. (2014): study KR 2011

Public

12-19 aged, middle and high-school students, South Korea, 2011

Survey name

KR-KYRBWS-VI 2011

Sample

Respondents

N = 73238

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Internet overuse

Our Classification

Remarks

Text of questions not reported

Distribution

Potential internet addicts: boys:17.7%;girls: 11.6%; Internet addicts: boys:3.9%; girls: 1.9 %

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Selfreport on 20 questions, divided into 6 factors:
a - disturbance of adaptive functions (6 items)
b - addictive automativ thought (1 item)
c - withdrawal (4 items)
d - virtual interpersonal relationships (3 items)
e - deviant behavior (2 items)
f  -  tolerance (4 items)

Ratings per question:
4 Always
.
.
1 Not at all

Scores range from 20 to 80.

A Internet addicts (IA):
  - total score >52
  - disturbance of adaptive functions: score >16
  - withdrawal score >10
  - tolerance score >12

B Potential internet addicts (PIA):
  - total score 48-52
  - disturbance of adaptive functions: score 14-16
  - withdrawal score 9-10
  - tolerance score 11-12

Observed Relation with Happiness