期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：129-136
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1141382
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objective. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction and the risk of developing thisaddiction in Polish adolescents attending junior high schools and high school in Lublin Province, to indicate the differencesregarding the intensity of Internet addiction symptoms, and the types of online activity of adolescents residing in urbanand rural areas.Material and Methods. The examined group comprised 1,860 participants (1,320 girls and 540 boys) with an average ageof 17 years. 760 students lived in urban areas and 1,100 lived in rural areas. The following were used in the study: the SociodemographicQuestionnaire designed by the authors, the Internet Addiction Questionnaire designed by Potembska, theInternet Addiction Test by Young and the Internet Addiction Questionnaire (Kwestionariusz do Badania Uzależnienia odInternetu – KBUI) designed by Pawłowska and Potembska.Results. The adolescents living in urban areas showed a significantly greater intensity of Internet and computer addictionsymptoms measured by the KBUI Questionnaire, compared to those living in rural areas.Conclusions. The Internet addiction criteria were fulfilled by 0.45% of adolescents living in urban areas and 2.9% of thoseliving in rural areas, whereas 35.55% of urban dwelling students and 30.18% of students living in rural areas showed a riskof developing this addiction. More adolescents living in urban areas, compared to those living in rural areas, use Internetpornography, play computer games, disclose their personal data to unknown individuals encountered on the Internet, useInstant Messaging (IM) services, electronic mail and Facebook social networking service. Compared to their peers from urbanareas, significantly more adolescents from rural areas use ‘Nasza Klasa’ (Our Classmates) online social networking service
