Abstract

In this research, I want to observe the relationship between internet addiction in elementary students and personal, family, relations with friends and school as causes. I want to examine the relationship between internet addiction in elementary students and depression and anxiety. The subjects of this study are 659 students from grades 5 and 6 from four elementary school. To examine the causes of internet addiction, I used control power scale questionnaire, internet addiction test, parent adolescence communication Inventory, teacher relationship questionnaire, peer relationship inventory, children's depression inventory and children's manifest anxiety Scale. To observe the relationship between internet addiction in elementary students and its various causes, I processed to analyze the correlation Analysis and Stepwise Multiple Regression. I executed the statistical analysis using SPSS 12.0. The results of this study showed the following: First, there appears to be considerable stastical correlation between internet addiction and personal relations Those who reported high feelings of control also recorded low levels of internet addiction, while those who report little control recorded high levels of addiction. Second, there also appeared to be a correlation with communication between parents and children. Open-minded communication with parents corresponded to a low degree of internet addiction, while lack of communication corresponded to a high degree. Third, children with high degrees of internet addiction reported worse relations with their teachers then those with low degrees. Fourth, the children with high degrees of internet addiction reported worse relations with friends then those with low degrees. Internet addiction in children did not correspond to good relations with friend. Fifth, the result of analysis indicate that control power, communication between parents and children, relations with their teachers are significant factor of predicting internet addiction. Sixth, there appears to be a relationship between internet addiction and mental health. It appears that internet addiction is considerable connected to mental health. It seems that children are more likely to feel anxiety and depression when they are addicted to the internet.