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School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan
In recent years, concerns about internet addiction (IA) among children have been increasing. This study focused on the awareness of IA in elementary school teachers. A web-based anonymous survey was conducted in November 2021. The participants completed an original questionnaire about their awarenes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10374419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37520242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1187387 |
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author | Kawabe, Kentaro Horiuchi, Fumie Hosokawa, Rie Nakachi, Kiwamu Soga, Junya Ueno, Shu-ichi |
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description | In recent years, concerns about internet addiction (IA) among children have been increasing. This study focused on the awareness of IA in elementary school teachers. A web-based anonymous survey was conducted in November 2021. The participants completed an original questionnaire about their awareness of IA. The participants were divided into three groups based on their positions in the classroom: class teachers, support teachers, and administrative teachers. Out of 283 participants, over 70% had not approached students with IA and had little practical knowledge about the disorder. Support and administrative teachers had more opportunities to interact with students with IA than class teachers (p < 0.001 in both cases). Support teachers had more opportunities to ask their colleagues about IA than class teachers (p < 0.01); similarly, administrative teachers also had more opportunities to discuss IA with colleagues than class teachers (p = 0.04). Preventive interventions are recommended for people who communicate with children with IA. Students with IA might cause anxiety among teachers; therefore, preventive education strategies should be implemented with the cooperation of psychiatrists, psychologists, and public health nurses. |
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spelling | pubmed-103744192023-07-29 School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan Kawabe, Kentaro Horiuchi, Fumie Hosokawa, Rie Nakachi, Kiwamu Soga, Junya Ueno, Shu-ichi Front Psychiatry Psychiatry In recent years, concerns about internet addiction (IA) among children have been increasing. This study focused on the awareness of IA in elementary school teachers. A web-based anonymous survey was conducted in November 2021. The participants completed an original questionnaire about their awareness of IA. The participants were divided into three groups based on their positions in the classroom: class teachers, support teachers, and administrative teachers. Out of 283 participants, over 70% had not approached students with IA and had little practical knowledge about the disorder. Support and administrative teachers had more opportunities to interact with students with IA than class teachers (p < 0.001 in both cases). Support teachers had more opportunities to ask their colleagues about IA than class teachers (p < 0.01); similarly, administrative teachers also had more opportunities to discuss IA with colleagues than class teachers (p = 0.04). Preventive interventions are recommended for people who communicate with children with IA. Students with IA might cause anxiety among teachers; therefore, preventive education strategies should be implemented with the cooperation of psychiatrists, psychologists, and public health nurses. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10374419/ /pubmed/37520242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1187387 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kawabe, Horiuchi, Hosokawa, Nakachi, Soga and Ueno. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Kawabe, Kentaro Horiuchi, Fumie Hosokawa, Rie Nakachi, Kiwamu Soga, Junya Ueno, Shu-ichi School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title | School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title_full | School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title_fullStr | School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title_short | School teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in Japan |
title_sort | school teachers' awareness of internet addiction in elementary school students: a regional survey in japan |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10374419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37520242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1187387 |
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