Analysis of attitudes toward computer networks and internet addiction of Taiwanese adolescents

This study explored the interplay between young people's attitudes toward c omputer networks and Internet addiction. Ninety possible Internet addicts w ere selected for examination after analyzing the questionnaire responses of an initial sample of 753 Taiwanese high school adolescents. It was found t hat the subjects' attitudes toward computer networks could explain many asp ects of Internet addiction. However, actual behaviors on Internet usage and perceptions on the usefulness of Internet were more important than affecti ve responses toward computer networks in predicting adolescents' Internet a ddiction.