• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.24 no.6 s.84
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• pp.195-208
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• 2006

This study investigated the characteristics of on-line auction users with addictive tendencies. A questionnaire survey was conducted on-line between September 9 and 14, 2005 and 1,608 adults who had experience in on-line auctions participated. As a result, 23.5 percent of the subjects in this study were shown to have addictive tendencies in their use of on-line auctions. The socio-demographic factor found was gender difference. That is, men were more likely to show addictive tendencies than women. The subjects who had addictive tendencies showed certain psychological characteristics such as lower self-esteem more symptoms of depression, and a higher sense of alienation compared to those without addictive tendencies. Finally, on-line auction users who had addictive tendencies were shown to visit on-line auction site more frequently and to stay logged on the auction site longer than non-addicts, reflecting that the frequent the use of on-line auction, the higher the possibility of addiction to on-line auction.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.1-15
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to find the characteristics of internet auction user groups by the levels of addictive tendencies among high school students. The questionnaire was conducted from December 16 to 23, 2008, and 288 high school students who were living in Cheongju area were selected. The main results were as follows. First, 13.4% of respondents were visiting internet site almost every day, and about 20% of them stayed more than 2 hours for visiting the internet auction site. Second, the price of purchasing goods through internet auction site(shopping mall) was less than 50,000 won. Third, the level of addictive tendencies of respondents was under average(2.08 out of 5 point scale), and about 10% of them evaluated by themselves as an internet auction. Fourth, relatively higher addictive tendencies group showed the characteristics such as lower self-esteem, higher depression, and higher feeling of isolation, internet related(general internet use, internet shopping, and internet game) addictive tendencies, and more often visiting and staying longer in internet auction sites and other internet sites.