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Mental Health, Self-efficacy, and Self-Regulated Learning Ability by the Clusters of Adolescents' Internet Use

Kim Jeong Yeon 1 DONGGWI LEE 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the relations between the clusters of adolescents' (N = 508) internet use and psychological adjustment indices including their mental health, self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning capacity. The participants included 239 middle school students and 269 high school students from Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. First, the general patterns of adolescents' internet use was summarized through an exploratory factor analysis, and the extracted factors were subject to a subsequent cluster analysis to explore natural groupings of adolescents in terms of their internet use. Four clusters were identified and named based on their characteristics. Significant differences were found among the four clusters extracted in terms of their scores on indices of mental health, self-efficacy and self-regulated learning ability. The results can help establish the directions for counseling or education programs tailored to the characteristics of each cluster.

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