A STUDY ON INTERNET DEPENDENCY, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND PERSONALITY USING MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE

With the advent of the globalised 21st century, hominids have metamorphosed to the credence and dependence on the internet. From education to shopping, there is a cumbersome dependence on this media. Yet, this rapid chrysalis of the Internet is unfortunate enough on the other side, since it bears a large impact on the human personality, coercing people to isolate from the social world. The present study accords with comparison among different psychological aspects of postgraduate level students with the help of Mahalanobis Distance. Different variables viz. Internet Dependency, Social Isolation and five different factors of Personality are considered for this study. Different groups like science and arts, male and female are formed for this study. Seven dependent variables like Internet Dependency, Social Isolation, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness are taken as a branch for two dichotomous independent variables sex (male and female) and stream (arts and science) and Mahalanobis Distances are measured. It can be wrapped up on this note with a conclusion that there are no significant differences in dynamical nature between male and female students and arts and science students. KEYWORDS: Internet Dependency, Social Isolation, PG Level Students and Mahalanobis Distance.

INFLUENCE OF INTERNET DEPENDENCY ON YOUTH SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The purpose of the article is to analyze the influence of the Internet dependence of teenagers on the peculiarities of their self-actualization and to check the effectiveness of the developed program for increasing the self-actualization of such persons. The study involved 223 individuals. The following research methods were used in the work: testing (Kimberly Young Test, CAT Test and Situational Self-actualization Test), questionnaires, observations; statistical methods for carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis of the research results (Student's criterion and Pearson criterion). Based on the data obtained, we have developed a program of psychological support for the self-actualization of youths by developing its competence in using Internet resources. The article shows that different uses of virtual space by young people affect their self-actualization in different ways; the social and psychological factors of increasing the virtual space utilization of young people have been found out. In the course of an empirical study carried out, the authors prove the statistically significant relationship that exists between the excessive capture of the personality of the youth by virtual space and its self-actualization. The analysis of the influence of various variants of use by young men of the virtual space (games, communication, information seeking) revealed a significant difference in the priority of the gaming activity of youth as a factor in the formation of Internet dependency and low self-actualization of the individual (the latter is understood by the authors as an integral individual indicator of personal growth of a person).

Investigating the Impact of Internet Dependency on Student-Teachers' Loneliness of Adiyaman University

This research was conducted to investigate the effect of internet dependency on student- teachers’ loneliness of Admiyaman University. The study also examined the differences in internet dependency and loneliness among students and teachers of Adiyaman University of Turkey. The standard questionnaire of Jung (1996) was used to measure the internet dependency. Also, to measure the sense of loneliness variable, the standard questionnaire of Rosell et al. (1980) was used. The reliability of the questionnaires was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha test, which included: Internet addiction questionnaire 0.91 and loneliness questionnaire 0.86. Questionnaires were distributed among the subjects (172 student- teachers of Adiyaman University). The results showed that internet dependency on student- teachers’ loneliness of Adiyaman University had a significant positive effect (beta = 0.898). There was also a significant difference between the dependence on the internet and the feelings of the student- teachers of Adiyaman University of Turkey. Male student- teachers were more dependent on the internet, and female student- teachers also felt more lonely.

The Appearance of Computer/Internet Dependency in Turkey

The aim of this study is to reveal the prevalence of computer/Internet dependency in Turkey in the light of the existing research. With the rapid growth of technology, communication technologies have rapidly penetrated everyday life. More and more people express themselves with different types of technology, such as the computer and the Internet [19]. The most important communication tools that have emerged with the rapid development of technology are computers and the Internet. According to the Internet usage statistics of the world (Global Web Index, 2014), in 2014, 34% (Global Web Index, 2015) in 2015, and 34% (Global Web Index, 2015) in 2013 of the world total population in 2013 (IWS 2013) (Global Web Index, 2016) reported using the Internet. Internet users in Turkey increased by 1,225% between 2000 and 2008. Keywords: Dependency, Internet dependency, computer dependency

HUBUNGAN ANTARA KONTROL DIRI DENGAN KETERGANTUNGAN INTERNET DI PUSTAKA DIGITAL PERPUSTAKAAN DAERAH MEDAN

This research is aimed to see the correlation between self-control and internet depedency among teenagers. Parallel with exist theoretical basis, it can be proposed hyphotesis: there is a negative significant correlation between self-control with internet dependy in the digital libarary in the Medan Province library. To prove the hyphothesis above, product moment analysis method was use. Based on the gained data analysis there are three finding found; (1) there is a negative significant correlation between self-control and internet dependency, this result is proven with coeffesient correlation rxy= -0,123. (2) Influence from self-control toward internet dependency based on the data analysis in this study is 15,1% and the rest of it is influnced by other factors. (3) Teenager`s self-control is high, that because the gain empiric everage result is 88,80 and the hypothetical result is 72,5 while intenet depedency is high as well, as the empiric result is 107,90 and hypothetical result 72,5. From the gain study result it is generally described that teenagers have high self-control and hihgh internet depedency.