Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

N. Suresh Kumar, Dr. S. Rajakumari

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 In a highly digitized era, people can hardly live without computer, mobiles, tablet and the internet.  While we are admiring the conveniences and advantages ought by the internet, there is a growing concern about problematic internet use and whether it can lead to addiction.  The current research focuses to assess the personality traits and psychological well being of the internet addicts.  1872, sample, both males and females drawn from the three engineering colleges, were screened with Young’s internet addiction questionnaire.  Among them 100 students were found to have scores above the cut–off indicating problematic usage.    Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Psychological Well–being Scale were used to assess the type of personality, internet addiction and psychological well–being among the sample.  The data were collected and statistically analyzed using t test and Pearson co–relation co–efficient.  The results indicates that among the 100 students 70% of the sample are classified as  average internet users and 27% of the sample were  problem over– users and 3% were pathologically addicted to  internet.  This research concluded that there is significant relationship between neuroticism, anxiety and excessive internet use.

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N.Suresh Kumar, Dr.S.RajaKumari, INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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