The Children Lost in Cyberspace?

The purpose of this study is to investigate issues related to computer use by school students from 11 to 18 years old including interference with social life and academic performance. The studied group comprised 205 school students aged between 11 and 18 years, who answered to a questionnaire. Data have been processed statistically with the program SPSS. The school children spent usually much time on computer (more than 3 hours per day), and with some evidence of pathological use.