Year: 2018
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A serious problem faced by the adolescent in the vast development of Information Technology era is a digital addiction.This descriptive study examines the types of digital addiction and the relation between digital addiction among adolescents and parenting approaches.Respondents in this study were adolescents between 11 and 13 years old amounted to 109 students who were recruited from junior high schools in Surabaya Indonesia.Respondents were randomly selected and all credentials are classified.Data collection was conducted through an assessment questionnaire using Young's Digital Addiction Test (YIAT).The data were analyzed by using descriptive methods.The results show that 27.2 % of respondents are categorized as digital addicts.The types of addictive behavior are covered are cyber relationships, gaming, and even cybersex.According to this study, there is a significant relation between parenting approaches and digital addiction for the adolescent.Teenagers with positive parenting experience a lower prevalence of digital addiction than those with permissive parenting and authoritarian styles.Based on the results, we need socialization to use the internet intelligently and the formulation of a strategy for a Digital Addiction Recovery Program.
Institution: Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2899731012