A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR GENDER DIFFERENCES

TARIQ AHMAD BHAT; DR GUNJAN RAJPUT

Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR GENDER DIFFERENCES

Tariq Ahmad Bhat, Dr Gunjan Rajput

Abstract :

The present study was conducted in various Universities and Colleges of Kashmir division in 2018. The main objective of the study was to compare the internet addiction among male and female College and University students of Kashmir division. The internet addiction test conducted on students during the course of study revealed that male students are more addicted to internet as compare to their female counterparts. During the course of the study it was also revealed that 12.5% Post graduate male students, 7.5% Post graduate female students, 22.5% under graduate male students and 12.5% under graduate female students were severely addicted to internet