1Department of Drone Applications, Hanseo 1-ro, Haemi-Myun, Seosan-Si, Chungcheognam-do, Hanseo University, Republic of Korea
2Department of Health and Environmental Science, 1. Daehak-ro jeongmi-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheognam-do, Sinseong University, Republic of Korea
3Department of Radiological Science, Hanseo 1-ro, Haemi-Myun, Seosan-Si, Chungcheognam-do, Hanseo University, Republic of Korea
*Corresponding author: Cheong-Hwan Lim Professor, Department of Radiological Science, Hanseo University, Republic of Korea
Online published on 21 September, 2018.
Adolescents experiencing difficulties in real life have many negative experiences in the virtual world, so we should look at the problem of Internet addiction in terms of human computer interaction.
This study aimed to investigate the addiction patterns of subjects upon analysis of Internet addiction practices among university students using the K-Index, which is a tool for diagnosing Internet addiction and further analyzing the differences among introvert and extrovert problems according to those patterns. Frequency analyses, descriptive statistics, differences of mean values (t-test and ANOVA), correlation analyses, and reliability tests were used for the analysis.
Adult addiction levels were measured by introvert and extrovert problems using the K-Index. As the sub-variables of Internet addiction, 1.63 out of 4 points was measured for the extrovert level while 1.43 points resulted for the introvert level, which demonstrates higher extrovertly. A t-test was performed to understand the difference of Internet addiction by sex. There was a significant difference according to sex introvertly. In introvert measurements, males had 2.13 points while females had 2.03 points. In extrovert measurements, males scored 2.22 points while females scored 2.19 points. A univariate analysis was performed to understand the difference between age and Internet addiction, and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (MRT) was performed as a post-hoc test. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in dependency, withdrawal symptoms, negative outcomes, and resistance by age. Higher points on the extrovert imply being exposed extrovertly is worse than having introvert conflicts. Males have higher levels extrovertly and introvertly, which indicates males have higher levels of pain.
The significant difference between introversion and extroversion is that the problem of Internet addiction should be classified according to the depth of information processing level that humans have.
Introvert, Extrovert, Internet addiction, K-index, Inner-Outer compatibility index
