Internet Addicton among Schoolchildren and Parental Control

On a Survey in Maebashi City

Abstract

Internet Addiction is supposed to be one of the common social problems. This paper inquires how schoolchildren use the Internet on a survey we executed in Maebashi City during these theree years (2015 - 2017) including longitudinal panel survey. The result tells us 4.5-7.9 % of elementary school children and 6.2-7.6% of juior-high school students belong to the high risk group. We investigates also the influence of the parental control to Internet addicton among pupils through asking the domestic rules.