scholarly journals Internet Usage and Its Addiction Level among Students in a Selected College in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate: A Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Rabab Gad Abd El-Kader ◽  
Victoria Funmilayo Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Favorable Attitude ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Education Performance

Background and aim: The internet is a worldwide area network that connects computer system throughout the world providing a variety of information and communication. Internet addiction is defined as any online-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment. Aim: This study assessed the internet usage and its addiction level among university students in a selected university in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirate. University students are highly predisposed to internet addiction which can affect their personal, family, educational, interactive and societal life. Study design: A cross-sectional design .The sample of the study consisted of 110 nursing students who were selected using convenient sample. Internet addiction test, internet usage questionnaire and student attitude scale were used as data collection instruments.Results: The findings showed that more than half (50.9%) of students were aged 21-<25 years, with more than two- fifth (45.5% of them being average online internet user. Less than two-third (62.7%) of students had favorable attitude towards internet usage. There is a positive correlation between internet addiction score and age of the study group with no statistically significant differenceConclusions: the study concluded that nursing students are average internet users, they have favorable attitude to internet use, with positive correlation between internet addiction score and age, though experiencing occasional problems. The use of social networking sites, especially by the young people, should be done sparingly so as not to provoke extreme behaviors and negative impact to their education performance and social life that can lead to destruction of the life of youths globally as revealed in this study Internet addiction is a serious problem among university students generally which indicates the need for more public attention and resources to develop effective prevention/intervention strategies.

scholarly journals Why Are Turkish University Students Addicted to the Internet? A Moderated Mediation Model

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 953
Author(s):  
Orhan Koçak ◽  
İlayda Yılmaz ◽  
Mustafa Z. Younis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
The Impact

Internet addiction has become a significant problem that primarily affects young people. It has an essential effect on the individual’s self-perception and assessment of their competencies. This study aimed to reveal whether there is a significant relationship between the level of internet addiction of university students and their age and self-esteem. For this purpose, internet addiction and self-esteem scales were used in addition to questions such as age, gender, the purpose of internet use, and internet daily usage time. We used a quantitative research method to obtain cross-sectional data from 400 Turkish young people using online surveys. Correlation, regression, mediation, and moderation analyses were performed using SPSS and the PROCESS macro plugin for data analysis. Internet addiction was significantly associated with self-esteem, gender, age, and daily internet usage. In addition, we discovered that self-esteem and daily usage time played a mediation role in the effect of the age variable on internet addiction. Moreover, the moderation roles of social networks, gender, and location in the impact of self-esteem on internet addiction were determined. With this study, we understood that as age increases, self-esteem triggers the decrease of internet addiction. In this sense, policies should be developed to increase self-esteem among young people to ensure the conscious use of the internet.

Examination of the Correlation Between Internet Addiction and Social Phobia in Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 1240-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emriye Hilal Yayan ◽  
Duygu Arikan ◽  
Fatma Saban ◽  
Nazan Gürarslan Baş ◽  
Özlem Özel Özcan
Keyword(s):  
Social Phobia ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Web Surfing

This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted with adolescents to examine the correlation between Internet addiction and social phobia. The population of the study consisted of 24,260 students aged between 11 and 15 years. Sampling method was used from population with known number, and 1,450 students were calculated as sample of the study. In this study, 13.7% of the adolescents had an Internet addiction, and 4.2% spent more than 5 hr on the computer every day. There was a positive correlation between Internet addiction and social phobia. The form of time spent on Internet was examined in terms of addiction and social phobia; although Internet addiction was related to games, dating sites, and web surfing, social phobia was related to homework, games, and web surfing. It was hypothesized that adolescents with social phobia were Internet addicts, and the participants used the Internet to spend time rather than socialize.

scholarly journals Prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among undergraduate university students, Northeastern Ethiopia. A community university-based cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Zenebe ◽  
Kunuya Kunno ◽  
Meseret Mekonnen ◽  
Ajebush Bewuket ◽  
Mengesha Birkie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Khat Chewing ◽  
Current Alcohol

Abstract Background: Globally, more than three billion persons using the Internet daily, with the common being youths and young persons. Internet addiction among university students in Ethiopia has not been studied. The current study aims to explore the magnitude and related factors of internet addiction among Wollo University students in Ethiopia.Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among Wollo University students, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2019.Methods: A community university-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Wollo University students from April 10 to May 10, 2019, G.C. A total of six hundred three students were participated in the study using a pretested and self-administered structured questionnaire. The Young’s Internet Addiction Test instrument was used to assess the level of internet addiction. Results: Generally, the prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among the current internet users was 85 % (n=466) with 55.7 %( n=305) mild internet addiction, 27.9% (n=153) moderate internet addiction and 1.5% (n= 8) severe internet addiction. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, using the internet greater than five hours daily, having mental distress, playing online games, current khat chewing and current alcohol use were positively related to internet addiction. Using the internet for more than twelve months and using the internet by mobile internet were negatively related to internet addiction.Conclusions: The current study documents a high prevalence of internet addiction among Wollo University students. Factors independently associated with internet addiction were using the internet greater than five hours daily, having mental distress, playing online games, current khat chewing and current alcohol use.

scholarly journals Pattern of Internet Usage and Addiction among Private Medical Colleges Students in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Subrina Ahmed ◽  
Nuhad Raisa Seoty ◽  
Nawzia Yasmin ◽  
Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan
Keyword(s):  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
P Value ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Medical Colleges

Internet addiction specifies to the extreme use of the internet which sequentially causes problems in relationship, health and professional aspects. The current study attempted to find out the pattern of internet use and internet addiction-related behaviour among the students of private medical colleges in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was executed in three private medical colleges in Dhaka city. A total of 350 medical students were recruited as study participants by employing a simple random sampling technique. Data was collected through a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire on sociodemographic and internet use related activities. Internet addiction-related data were collected by using Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Scale. The data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 20). Descriptive and inferential statistics using the Chi-square test was conducted. P-value <0.05 was considered as significant. The findings show that 73.7% of study participants were female and the rest were male, with a mean age of 21.1 years. The percentage of students used the internet more than 10 times per day was 37.4% followed by 5 – 10 times per day which was 35.1% and less than five times per day with 27.4% students. A total of 44.3% students reported that they spent 1 – 3 hours per day for internet usage followed by 37.7% use 4 – 8 hours per day and 18% reported more than 8 hours per day. A total of 43.7% of students mentioned that they used the internet for entertainment, while 40%, 9.7% and 6.6% reported for time passing, social networking, and academic purposes respectively. Overall, 76.9% of students had internet addiction either in any form, 62.6% had moderate internet addiction or problem use, or 14.3% had severe internet addiction. This study concludes that the characteristics of internet use among this population are diverse and the prevalence of internet addiction found to be considerably higher compared to other Asian countries.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Internet Addiction among Pre-University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
You Huay Woon ◽  
Nurulhaidah Daud ◽  
Nor Farhah Razak
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Missing Values ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
School Work ◽  
Online Activities

Online activities have become the norm in today’s society; therefore, it is necessary to investigate addictive internet usage especially among students. In this study, a total of 75 students aged 18–19 years old were randomly selected among the pre-university students as the respondents. They were required to fill in questionnaires, which included the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and demographic information such as gender and parental monitoring. However, five questionnaires were excluded due to the missing values. Overall, the findings indicated rates of internet addiction at 52.86%, with severe addiction at 1.43%. While severe internet addiction is not common, moderate internet addiction seems to be, as it was reported at 51.43%. Additionally, internet addiction was higher among males compared to females (72% vs 42%). The three highest-ranked online activities were school work (100%), entertainment (100%) and social networking (97.14%). Overall, parental monitoring significantly impacted the rates of internet addiction. Hence, parental monitoring needs to be considered when designing and implementing interventions for internet addiction.

scholarly journals Prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among undergraduate university students in Ethiopia. A community university-based cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Zenebe ◽  
Kunuya Kunno ◽  
Meseret Mekonnen ◽  
Ajebush Bewuket ◽  
Mengesha Birkie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Khat Chewing ◽  
Current Alcohol

Abstract Background Globally, more than three billion people use the internet daily with young people being the most common users. Internet addiction among university students in Ethiopia has not been studied. Objectives The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among Wollo university students in Ethiopia. Methods A community university-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Wollo University students from April 10 to May 10, 2019. A total of six hundred three students were participated in the study using a pilot tested and self-administered structured questionnaire. A multistage cluster sampling was adopted for this study. In the first stage, by the use of lottery method, two colleges (College of medicine and health sciences, and College of natural sciences, and one school (school of law)) were selected. In the second stage, 18 departments were selected from the colleges and school. The Young’s Internet Addiction Test instrument was used to assess the level of internet addiction. Results Generally, the prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among the current internet users was 85% (n=466) with 55.7%(n=305) mild internet addiction, 27.9% (n=153) moderate internet addiction and 1.5% (n= 8) severe internet addiction. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, spending more time on the internet (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 10.13, 95%CI: 1.33-77.00)), having mental distress (AOR = 2.69, 95%CI: 1.02-7.06), playing online games (AOR = 2.40, 95%CI: 1.38-4.18), current khat chewing (AOR = 3.34, 95%CI: 1.14-9.83) and current alcohol use (AOR = 2.32, 95%CI: 1.09-4.92) were positively related to internet addiction. Using the internet for more than twelve months (AOR = 0.42, 95%CI: 0.18-0.96) and using the internet by mobile internet (AOR = 0.40, 95%CI: 0.20-0.83) were negatively related to internet addiction. Conclusions The current study documents a high prevalence of internet addiction among Wollo University students. Factors independently associated with internet addiction were using the internet greater than five hours daily, having mental distress, playing online games, current khat chewing and current alcohol use. So, we advise that higher institutions should establish prevention programs focus on educating students about emotional regulation skills and the harmful effects of substance use to minimize internet addiction.

scholarly journals Study on internet usage and internet addiction of medical students in universities of Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2212
Author(s):  
Khin May Oo ◽  
Pa Pa Soe ◽  
Win Myint Oo
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Younger Age

Background: Internet is relatively new technology that can provide up to date knowledge in education. Even though the significant advantages, abuse of internet results in addiction disorder especially younger age. The aim of this study was to determine the internet utilization and internet addiction (IA) of third year medical students in medical universities of Myanmar.Methods: This was cross-sectional descriptive study in which the questionnaire mainly based on a questionnaire, IA test score. Total 412 medical students from medical universities were enrolled in the study.Results: This study shows 80.83% of students used internet more than five hours and 99.51% used internet every day. Common activities were social media 93.93%, entertainment 94.17%, watching movies 90.78%, communication 87.86% respectively. Among the reasons of use, education (p=0.003), shopping (0.002) and due to free wi-fi (p=0.006) were found to be significantly associated with IA. The majority (47.33%) was moderately addicted, (45.39%) was mildly addicted and 1.7 % was severely addicted. There was significant relationship between IA and time for more than five hours per day. Higher level of prevalence of IA was using online for watching movies, blogging, study information. Among the reasons of internet use, education, shopping and due to wi-fi were significantly associated with IA (p<0.05).Conclusions: IA is growing problem and medical students are vulnerable for IA and so necessary preventive measures are vital to provide safe usage of internet.

scholarly journals Identification of Internet Usage and Dependency Level of Physical Education and Sport Teaching Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Talha Murathan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Male Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
The Family

The excessive internet usage that interrupts social relations, physical characteristics and mental conditions of individuals is called as internet addiction. At the previous studies, it is reported that university students are at risk of Internet addiction due to their uncontrolled lives without families and killing their time surfing the internet. The objective of this study is to identify the addiction level of university students&rsquo; internet usage within the framework of some variables. A total of 463 students, 194 girls and 269 boys, who study at different 7 Departments of Physical Education and Sport Teaching within School of Physical Education and Sports and Faculties of Sport Sciences, attended this study in 2016-2017 Academic Years. &ldquo;Personal Information Form&rdquo; is used to determine the internet addiction of students &ldquo;Internet Addiction Scale&rdquo; developed by Young (1998) and to determine the demographic features and the data regarding the internet usage. In this study, the risk average for internet addiction of students is determined 2.55. It has been observed that the individuals who addict the internet constitute 3.9% of my samples. It is confirmed that internet addiction of male students is considerably higher than female students. It is ascertained that students who have Internet and a social media account are under higher risk of internet addiction. It has been emerged that there is no significant relation between the age/ monthly income of the family and the internet addiction level.

scholarly journals How does regular exercise affect internet addiction level in university students?

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ç.V. Koçak
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Regular Exercise ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose : The internet is one of the most important technological developments of the era. Internet usage rate is increased rapidly. This intensity of use is thought to cause some behavior disorders in people. In this study, it was aimed to determine the internet addiction status of university students and to evaluate the relationship between regularly exercise and academic achievement. Material : The study group is consisted 50 [n=25 female, n=25 male] university students. The mean of the age of participants was 21.47 [±1.66]. Data was collected by personal information form and Internet Addiction Test. SPSS 22 program was used in the analysis of the obtained data and Shapiro-Wilk Test was applied to determine whether the data showed normal distribution and the significance level was accepted as p<0.05 in the analyses. Data were normally distributed. Paired-Samples T-Test was used to analyze of the data. Results : As the main hypothesis of the study, there was a significant difference between regularly exercise and internet addiction. Also, it was seen that the internet usage period of the participants who exercise regularly decreased. Conclusions : Doing regular exercise can reduces the level of internet addiction and the time spent on the Internet. Regulating and reducing the time spent on the internet can help to protect from psycho-social, physical and physiological negative effects of Internet addiction. It may be suggested to do regular exercise for this. Measures should be taken to reduce and prevent internet addiction of university students. Research can be repeated with different variables in different samples. For example; researches about internet addiction in elite level athletes.

scholarly journals Internet usage and associated factors among college students in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2331
Author(s):  
Sohail Akhtar ◽  
Asif Khan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Heavy Users ◽  
Mental Problems

Background: Internet usage has heightened exponentially globally. The Internet is a system of connected computer networks globally and millions of users are connected globally. Internet usage has increased.Methods: A cross-sectional study was to done to know the prevalence of internet usage.Results: The general prevalence of internet addiction (expressive as heavy users and very heavy users/addicts) was 42.5%.Conclusions: A high proportion of students in the college suffer from the adverse effects of Internet addiction. It is essential for psychoanalysts and psychologists to be mindful of the mental problems induced by Internet addiction.

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