Comparison of Attitudes in Normal and Addicts Internet users' towards values in Teens and Youths

摘要

Concerns regarding the use of Internet technology influences that affect the human body and mind caused that sociologists, psychologists and parents in many countries feared the development of a new addiction called "Internet addiction". However, the question is that based on the rapid changes in society and the growth of the Internet and emerging the Internet addiction, is there any statistical difference between Internet users’ vision and values? This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Study individuals were all internet users of Khalkhal city during 2007- 2008. 200 people (15-25 years old) were selected by chance for the study. The users filled in the Schwartz and Young’s questionnaires. The sum of marks range between 20-40 show normal users, 50-79 show person with mild addiction and 80-100 show person with high addiction. The reliability index of Young’s test was calculated 88% and Schwartz 0.91. for compare data we use SPSS version 16 and t-test statistical method. Data showed that internet has both positive and negative futures and also, results showed that there is significant difference among people in term of stimulation, Power and Hedonism variables (p<0.01). So that, these values in addictive people were more than normal people.