A Study on Gender-role Identity and Cyber Delinquency in High School Students.

Lee,  Jong Hwa; Kim,  Kyung Hee; Choi,  Mi Hye; Kim,  Hee Young; Oh,  Geum Sook; Kim,  Ki Sook

doi:2010.19.1.76

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 19(1); 2010 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2010;19(1):76-84.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.1.76 Published online March 31, 2010.

A Study on Gender-role Identity and Cyber Delinquency in High School Students.

Jong Hwa Lee, Kyung Hee Kim, Mi Hye Choi, Hee Young Kim, Geum Sook Oh, Ki Sook Kim

¹Kunsan College of Nursing, Korea.
²Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.
³Department of Nursing, Yeon Clinic, Korea.
⁴College of Nursing, Ajou University, Korea. 99sophi@hanmail.net

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore gender-role identity and cyber delinquency in high school students. METHODS: Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA. The data survey was conducted with 1,208 conveniently selected high school students in Seoul, Gyung-gi and Chung-chung province. RESULTS: The cyber delinquency score was 38.94 and androgyny gender role identity was most common (34.0%). There were significant differences in cyber delinquency by academic year, gender, school record, economic status, educational background of parents, experiences of smoking, drinking, runaway, and gender-role identity. According to gender-role identity, the masculinity group showed highest cyber delinquency and the undifferentiated, androgyny, and femininity groups followed respectively. CONCLUSION: These findings are expected to make a contribution to creation of ideal interventions and to help discover early stage cyber delinquency in high school students as approached by gender role identity.

Key Words: Juvenile delinquency; Adolescent; Gender identity