TheDangerofI

nter
netAddi
cti
onamongAdol
escent
sinI
ndones
ia

Facul
tyofMedi
1
ci
ne,Uni
ver
sit
asI
ndonesi
a,Jakar
ta,
Indones
ia
2
Depar
tmentofPsychi
atry,
Uni
ver
sit
asI
ndonesi
a,RSCi
ptoMangunkus umo,
Jakar
ta,
Indones
ia

I
ntr
oduct
ion
I
nIndones ia,
inter
nethasbecomeanes senti
alpar toftheever ydayli
feseenbythenumberof i
nternetusersreaching54.68%.
Basedonagegr oups,adolescentsareinfirstplacewi th75,50%of themar ei
nternetusersandareatris
kof developingaddi c-
ti
onduet oexcessiveusagecombi nedwi ththeimmat uri
tyofment aldevel
opmentandat tr
actiontowardsinternet.I
2,
3
nter-
netaddi ct
ionischaract
erizedbyexces s i
veorpoor lycontroll
edpr eoccupati
ons,urges,
orbehaviorsregardinginternetus e
thatleadtoimpairmentordi st
res
s .
Theunder standi ngofinternetbehavioursespeci
allyi
naddictsarei
nneedof research,
es -
peciall
yinadolescentswher equi
ckr ecogniti
oni sneededf orpromptandeffect i
vetreatment.
4

Met
hod
Across-s
ecti
onalst
udyincl
udi
ngjuni
orandseni
orhighschoolst
udentsinJakart
agiventhe20it
emYoung’sInt
ernetAddi
c-
ti
onTestquesti
onnair
etomeasurei
nter
netaddi
ction.
.Thecut-
offwas >30formil
d,>49formoderat
e,and>79forsever
ead-
dict
ion.
Ademogr aphi
cquesti
onnai
rewasal
sogivenaskingabouti
nternetbehavi
oursi
ncludi
ngti
meandmoneys pent
,al
so
reasonofus
age.

Res
ult
s
Outof384students,
mos tl
y(67%)spentmor
et han4hoursontheinternet
,some( 11.
4%)s pentmor ethanIDR250. 000,
or$17,
permonthf ori
nter
netus agewhil
e56% hadapocketmoneyofonl yIDR15.000-45.
000/day,.
or$1. 07-
$3.22/day.Themos t
commonr easonsofI
nt ernetusagewereonl
inegaming(81.8%),
soci
almedia(75.3%),l
ookingupi nfor
mat on(63.
1%) ,
watchi
ng
movi
es(53%) ,
andli
steningt omusi
c(50.
4%).
Bas edontheIATresul
ts,
47,8%wer eaddictedtointernetinwhich36.1%hadmi l
d
addi
cti
onand11. 7%wer emoder ate.

I
nter
netAddi
ct’
sPr
ofil
es
51%weremale
78%spendmorethan4hours/dayontheinternetweremorel
i
kel
y
t
ohavei
nter
netaddi
cti
on(
OR=2.
8(1.
8-4.
4)
;pval
ue<0.
05)

28%startedusingtheinternetsincechi
ldhood(<10yearsol d)

56%hadapocketmoneyof$1. 07-$3.22/day
11%spentmorethan$17.83/month(anaverageof$0,74/day,about23-
70%
oft
heamountofdai
l
yal
l
owance)

Di
scus
sion
Preval
enceofinternetaddicti
onwas47,8%,asimi
l
arfindingtomultipl
eprevalences tudiesin
Asiawheretherangeofpr evalenceswas0-
47.4%.
5
Amongtheaddi ct
s,weal s
of ounds i
mi l
ar
findingsinpreviouss tudi
esr egardi
nggender( dominantl
ymal e)and internetdur at i
on
(l
ongerthedurationcorrespondswi t
haddict
ion)
.
3
Amongthevariabl
es,onlyinternetus age
durati
onofmor et han4hourswasf oundtobes i
gnificants
tati
sti
call
y(p=0.000).

Concl
usi
on
I
ndones i
anadolescentsspendt i
meandmoneys howi ngsignsofaddicti
onwhi
chs uppor
ts
thefindingoft
heIATt estwhereal
mosthalf
hadInternetaddict
ion,
varyingfr
ommil
dt omod-
erate.Seei
ngastot hemainr eas
onsofint
ernetusagear eonli
negami ngands
ocialmedia,
preventi
onshouldfocusont hosetwoar
eas.

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