Can teenagers self-regulate their internet use? The effectiveness of self-regulation intervention

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Neysa Nadia Lestari, Eva Septiana, Stephanie Yuanita Indrasari

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The internet has become an inseparable part of human life. The use of the internet that is unregulated can lead to addiction, therefore there is a need for preventive intervention. Unregulated internet use stems from normal but impulsive use, which is caused by lack of self-regulation. This study aims to design self-regulation intervention and examine its effectiveness by two means: 1) comparing the efficacy level of the participants regarding the internet use self-regulation before and after the intervention, 2) observing evidence of self-regulation skill during the intervention. The result shows that participants self-regulated internet use efficacy after the intervention increases significantly compared to before the intervention. Self-regulation skill is also evidenced by 74% of the participants during the intervention.

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