Journal of Research and Health، جلد ۸، شماره ۵، صفحات ۴۵۹-۴۶۵
عنوان فارسی Knowledge, Attitude, and self-efficacy regarding Internet addiction among female students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
چکیده فارسی مقاله Aim: Use of Internet has regarded as an advantageous breakthrough, which sometimes has led to over usage, a so-called "Internet addiction". Increased prevalence of internet addiction among students and the necessity of acquiring information to design interventions, has compelled us to design the present study on Knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy of students regarding Internet addiction. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with cluster sampling, consisted of 160 female subjects residing in selected dormitories of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire including demographic, knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy questions regarding internet addiction, and was analyzed using SPSS software with a 5% significant level. Findings: 49 subjects (30.6 %) were at risk of Internet addiction. Majority of the students were on the average national levels of knowledge (48.1%), attitude (49.1%), and self-efficacy (61.2%). We also found a statistically significant association between mean score of attitude with education grade (p< 0.003), and between the average daily hours of Internet use with user type (p< 0.001). Conclusion: Given the importance of knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy on the adaptation of healthy behaviors, the findings of this study revealed that extra educational interventions aiming to increase knowledge, improve attitudes and self-efficacy regarding internet use has a paramount importance.  
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عنوان انگلیسی Knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy regarding internet addiction among female students
چکیده انگلیسی مقاله Use of the internet has regarded as an advantageous breakthrough which sometimes has led to over usage so-called "internet addiction". Increased prevalence of internet addiction among students and the necessity of acquiring information to design interventions have compelled us to design the present study on knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy of students regarding the Internet addiction. This study was two‑stage cluster sampling consisted of 160 girl participants who were residing in selected dormitories of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire including demographic, knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy questions regarding the Internet addiction and. 49 participants (30.6 %) were at risk of the Internet addiction. Majority of the students were on the average national levels of knowledge (48.1%), attitude (49.1%), and self-efficacy (61.2%). We also found a statistically significant association between mean score of attitude with educational degree (p< 0.003), and between the average daily hours of the Internet use with user type (p< 0.001). Given the importance of knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy on the adaptation of healthy behaviors, the findings of this study revealed that extra educational interventions aiming to increase knowledge, improve attitudes and self-efficacy regarding internet use has a paramount importance.  
کلیدواژه‌های انگلیسی مقاله Addictive Behavior, Attitude, Knowledge, Students
نویسندگان مقاله مینا ماهری | Mina Maheri
Department of Public Health, School of Health, Reproductive Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran


شهرزاد نعمت الهی | Shahrzad Nematollahi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran


فاطمه دارابی | Fatemeh Darabi
Department of Health Education & Promotion, Asadabad School of Medical Sciences, Asadabad, Iran


محمد نبی بهرامی | Mohammad Nabi Bahrami
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran


مهدی مشکی | Mahdi Moshki
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences; Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran


حمید جوینی | Hamid Joveini
Department of Health Education, School of Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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