Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 34 No. 3, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.490
EFFECT OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION ON SELF-EFFICACY, SOCIAL ADAPTABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF INTERNET-ADDICTED TEENAGERS
Yi Zhao
; School of Business, Guilin Institute of Information Technology, Guilin, China
Qiuwu Pan
; School of Business, Guilin Institute of Information Technology, Guilin, China
Abstract
Background: Internet addiction leads to psychological and social damage to teenagers. Rehabilitation treatment of Internetaddicted
adolescents has aroused widespread concern. This study aims to explore the effect of social-psychological intervention on
self-efficacy, social adaptability, and quality of life of Internet-addicted teenagers.
Subjects and methods: A total of 100 Internet-addicted teenagers in Guilin mental health center in China were selected and were
randomly divided into control (n=50) and observation (n=50) groups. The teenagers in the control group received general
withdrawal intervention, whereas those in the observation group received social-psychological intervention based on general
withdrawal intervention. The intervention duration was 3 months.
Results: After intervention, the time management, interpersonal and health, Internet addiction tolerance, Internet withdrawal
response, compulsive surfing of the Internet, and total score of Chinese Internet Addiction Scale of Internet-addicted teenagers in the
two groups decreased significantly. Conversely, the total scores of boring and relaxation, stimulation and exposure, communication
and information acquisition, negative emotion, and self-efficacy increased significantly, and the scores improved more significantly
after the intervention in the observation group (P<0.05). Moreover, the scores of social adaptability, quality of life, and Internet
avoidance of Internet-addicted teenagers in the two groups increased significantly after the intervention, whereas the scores of
behavior monitoring and hazard perception decreased significantly, and the scores mentioned above improved more significantly in
the observation group after the intervention (P<0.05).
Conclusions: Social psychological intervention can effectively improve the self-efficacy of Internet-addicted teenagers, correct
their bad surfing habits, and improve their social adaptability and quality of life, which is an intervention method worthy of
promotion in the rehabilitation of Internet addiction.
Keywords
social-psychological intervention; Internet-addicted teenagers; self-efficacy; social adaptability; quality of life
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Publication date:
3.11.2022.
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