Soo Eun Chae, Patricia A Alexander
The Development of Relational Reasoning in South Korean Elementary and Middle-School Students: A Cross-Sectional Investigation
Frontiers in psychology
problematic usage internet pui perhaps one frequently studied phenomena 21st century receiving increasing attention scientific literature media despite intensive research relatively meaningful studies among elementary school students hungary worldwide may considered highrisk population regard problematic internet use aim study carry complex research focusing prevalence risk factors pui among elementary school children aged 1015 years grade 58 demographics included gender age place stay type residence family type parental education start internet use used devices daily internet use purpose internet use internet accounts ways keeping touch friends sporting activities pui evaluated using paperbased version potentially problematic use internet questionnaire overall 2000 paperbased questionnaires successfully delivered final analysis included 1168 responses overall response rate 584 mean age 1255 124 years female gender 2760 p 0006 ci 95 0065 0384 younger age 1112 years 3812 p 0001 95 ci 17474731 early exposure internet 3466 p 0001 95 ci 15355446 living small village 1081 p 0002 95 ci 10411186 urgency answer online 4677 p 0001 95 ci 27146639 decreased frequency personal contact friends 2897 p 0004 95 ci 10371681 spending 6 h online 12913 p 0001 95 ci 1079814892 morning nighttime internet use 3846 p 0001 ci 95 18865810 never sports 2016 p 0044 95 ci 10503354 independently associated problematic internet use based results questionnaire survey 10 seemed problematic users study population relatively high rate early exposure internet well younger age strongly related phenomenon duration online well daily time interval internet use important predisposing factors scarcely studied social factors online expense personal relationships lack physical activity payed attention prevent development pui