THE  INTERNET ADDICTION  IN RELATION TO DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG YOUTH

Garima Singh; Piyush Dubey; Dr. Anita Puri Singh

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

THE INTERNET ADDICTION IN RELATION TO DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG YOUTH

Garima Singh, Piyush Dubey, Dr. Anita Puri Singh

Abstract :

The internet is a new tool that is used as an essential part of everyday life all over the world and its use increase especially among youth. In spite of the widely perceived merits of the tool, peoples are little much aware about the negative impacts of the use, especially the over and misuse. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of internet addiction with depression and anxiety. The study was conducted on the sample of 120 (60 internet addicts and 60 non internet addicts) college students of Bhopal, age range between 18 to 23 years. Young Internet Addiction (IAT), Beck Depression Inventory–II (BDI–II), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM–A) were used for this study. t–test were applied to determine the significant difference on depression and anxiety between internet addicts and non internet addicts. The significant differences were found between them.