A STUDY ON PATTERN OF INTERNET USE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH   PERSONALITY TRAIT AMONG TECHNICAL STUDENTS (MEDICAL & ENGINEERING).

Santanu Ghosh; Ganajit Debbarma; Anjana Bhattacharjee; Epsita Ghosh

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

A STUDY ON PATTERN OF INTERNET USE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH PERSONALITY TRAIT AMONG TECHNICAL STUDENTS (MEDICAL & ENGINEERING).

Santanu Ghosh, Ganajit Debbarma, Anjana Bhattacharjee, Epsita Ghosh

Abstract :

Introduction: The use of the internet and its accessory services have become a part and parcel of everyday life. Internet has found usage in nearly every sphere of daily living like management of essentials of daily living, communication issues, recreational use etc. Day by day the numbers of internet users are increasing. Social media like Facebook, twitter and WhatsApp are the very popular terms related to internet use among young generations. Using internet we can upgrade our knowledge as well as able to communicate with our near and dear one. In this sense internet use makes our life easy. However excessive internet use may ing curse in life. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1) To determine the pattern of internet use among professional students of Tripura. 2) To determine the prevalence of excessive internet use among professional students. 3) To compare the sub groups of internet users (viz. average user, frequent on–line users and users having significant problems) with respect to personality trait in the study group. 4) To determine the relationship between pattern of internet use and personality trait among professional students. METHODOLOGY: Sample: The study was done on the students of Tripura Medical College and Techno India Engineering college of Tripura. Sampling Technique: Simple Random sampling, subject to consent by the student. Inclusion Criteria: 1) All undergraduate students in the selected colleges using internet and willing to participate in the study. 2) Age: no age bar. 3) Undergraduate students of either sex irrespective of marital status. Exclusion Criteria: 1) Subjects with prolonged absence in the class at the time of the study. 2) Subjects having any prior history of mental illness. STUDY TOOLS: 1) Socio–Economic Information Schedule 2)The Internet Addiction Test ( Developed by Dr. Kimberly Young). 3)The Neo Five inventory. Developed by Costa and McCrae�s (1989, 1992). Results and Conclusions Total 184 male and 179 students participated in the study of which 259 were Medical students and 104 were engineering students. Among them 55.1% students were using laptop. The students were using internet from last 4.35 � 2.36 (years). They use internet 2. 65 � 2.00 (Hours) per day. 82.4% students uses internet at night. 82.1% students surf internet in mobile phone.82.6 % students uses internet for Educational, Social Networking, Recreational and Gaming. 89% students have no other types of addiction. Among them 8.8% students were problematic internet users. Most of the internet abusers were personality trait of neuroticism and extraversion.