청소년의 인터넷 활용이 자아정체감에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to provide basic materials for groping for the methods that promote adolescents' self-identity through the utilization of the internet. After scrutinizing the actual conditions of adolescents' use of the internet, this study examined the effect of adolescents' family environment, friendships, and use of the internet on their self-identity. Specifically, the present research sought to explore the utilization of the internet by sociodemographic and family environment variables, the effect of background variables on the psychological variable, as well as the relative effects of background variables and the internet-related variables on the psychological variable. The major findings of the study were as follows: The effect of the various variables on adolescents' self-identity showed that the higher the levels of school record, communication with fathers, communication with mothers, intimacy of friendships, and the use of the internet, and the lower the degree of the internet addiction, the higher the level of self-identity. The findings of this research indicate that the level of internet utilization and its addiction among family environment-related variables exerted significant influence on self-identity. This implies that the proper use and guidance of the internet is crucial to adolescents' self- identity, and the use of the internet needs to be guided by families, schools, and communities.