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A Study of Internet Addiction and Job Stress among Industrial Workers in One Urban Area

Objectives：This study examined the prevalence of internet addiction, job stress, and psychopathology among industrial workers in Incheon, Korea. Methods：The subjects were male industrial workers (n=139) in Incheon, Korea. A self-rating questionnaire, asking about demographic data and including Young’s Internet addiction Test (IAT), the short form of the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS-SF) for job stress, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R), was administered in August 2006. Results：In this study, 12 subjects (8.6%) were in the internet addiction group and 128 subjects (91.4%) were in the non-addiction group. On the KOSS-SF, the internet addiction group scored higher for job stress than the internet non-addiction group, although the difference was not statistically significant. On the job stress subscales, relation conflict and workplace culture were significantly higher in the internet addiction group. The internet addiction group had higher scores on all symptom scales of the SCL-90-R. Paranoia was the psychopathology mediating the relation conflict between job stress and internet addiction. Conclusion：On the job stress subscales, relation conflict and workplace culture scored significantly higher in the internet addiction group than in the internet non-addiction group. The internet addiction group showed more severe psychopathology. Using the mediational relation model, we confirmed that the psychopathology of the SCL-90-R mediating job stress and internet addiction was paranoia. For more details, a future study is needed.