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• TITLE: Analysis of Psychological Health and Life Qualities of Internet Addicts Using Structural Equation Model

  AUTHORS: Qiaoling Tong, Xuecheng Zou, Hengqing Tong

  KEYWORDS: Psychological Health, Life Quality, Internet Addict, SEM Algorithm

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.1 No.1, April 29, 2010

  ABSTRACT: Internet addiction disorder has become a serious social problem, and aroused great concern from the public and spe-cialists. In this paper, the psychological states of internet addicts are measured by some famous mental scales, and their life qualities are investigated by some questionnaires. Structural Equations Model (SEM) is used to analyze the relationship between the psychological health and life qualities of internet addicts. Meanwhile, a definite linear algorithm of SEM is proposed which is useful for psychological analysis.