중학생의 성격유형 및 학습자 개별 특성과 인터넷 중독의 관계

Abstract

This study set the following matters to study, for the purpose of finding out the relations between learner’s individual property and addiction to internet, and personality types and addiction to internet. First, it is to find out the relations between learner’s individual property(gender, parents’ sternness, number of friends, whether to attend cramming schools, hours of watching TV, whether to join in club activity, whether to have an acquaintance of the opposite gender) and addiction to internet, second, learner’s personality types(extrovert/introvert, sensible/intuitive, thoughtful/emotional, decisive/perceptive) and addiction to internet. This study has been conducted intended for 800 students attending three middle schools located at Wonju city. For the personality types test, MMTIC test papers made by KIM, Jeong Taek and SHIM, Hye Sook were used, and for the test for addiction to internet, Korean-typed addiction to internet Self-test papers made by Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion were used. The outcome is as follows. First, in learner’s individual property, those who have fewer friends, watch TV for more time, less participate in club activity, showed higher ratio of addiction to internet. Second, in the personality types, only the case of thoughtful/emotional types showed significant difference, emotional learner showed higher ratio of addiction to internet than thoughtful type. Consequently, as learner’s ability to lead one’s own life is deemed to affect addiction to internet, guidance and instructions are required. In case of addiction to internet according to the personality types, as the emotional types are more addicted to internet, it is necessary to educate for improving reasonable decision controlling emotion. Finally, based on the conclusion of this study, several proposals suggesting applicability to education are presented.