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Article: Internet addiction and psychiatric symptoms among Korean adolescents.(Research Article)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Internet use in Korea has increased rapidly and has become a major part of daily life. The rate of Internet use in 2005 in South Korea was reported to be 66% for men and 53% for women. Approximately 25% of Korean households were registered for broadband Internet service in 2004, which is a dramatic increase compared with 17% reported in 2001. In 2005, Koreans used the Internet on average 15.6 hours per week: 17 hours for men and 14 hours for women. This rate of Internet access was 2-4 times greater than that reported in the United States, Canada, and Japan. (1)
Recently, the number of adolescents using the Internet has increased sharply. (2) One of the reasons ...