Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students
Introduction: The Internet has become an essential part of our daily life, especially the lives of adolescents and youth. With the growth of Internet users, there is also a growing concern about whether the use of the Internet is excessive and if so, whether it amounts to addiction or not. The prese...
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| description | Introduction: The Internet has become an essential part of our daily life, especially the lives of adolescents and youth. With the growth of Internet users, there is also a growing concern about whether the use of the Internet is excessive and if so, whether it amounts to addiction or not. The present study aimed to find the Internet addiction and anxiety effects among undergraduate students. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted among undergraduate students of Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg and Yugantar Institute of Technology and Management, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh selected using purposive sampling. The total enumeration method was obtained to select students. A total of 854 students were selected for the study. Students were assessed with sociodemographic datasheet, The Internet addiction test, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: About 4.3% of the undergraduate students reported severe Internet addiction, 7.7% had moderate-to-severe level of anxiety. Internet addiction was found to have significant positive correlation with overall anxiety, psychic anxiety, and somatic anxiety symptoms. In regression analysis, anxiety contributes significantly to the prediction of Internet addiction among undergraduate students. Conclusion: Students are suffering from stress, anxiety, and depression may have a tendency to use the Internet excessively to relieve low mood, insomnia, fearfulness, feelings of guilt, and hopelessness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35a52f7bb0e84cc892bcee048a6770812022-12-21T17:16:33ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsian Journal of Social Health and Behavior2772-42042021-01-014413714110.4103/shb.shb_30_21Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate studentsLokesh Kumar RanjanPramod R GuptaMayank SrivastavaNilesh Maruti GujarIntroduction: The Internet has become an essential part of our daily life, especially the lives of adolescents and youth. With the growth of Internet users, there is also a growing concern about whether the use of the Internet is excessive and if so, whether it amounts to addiction or not. The present study aimed to find the Internet addiction and anxiety effects among undergraduate students. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted among undergraduate students of Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg and Yugantar Institute of Technology and Management, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh selected using purposive sampling. The total enumeration method was obtained to select students. A total of 854 students were selected for the study. Students were assessed with sociodemographic datasheet, The Internet addiction test, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: About 4.3% of the undergraduate students reported severe Internet addiction, 7.7% had moderate-to-severe level of anxiety. Internet addiction was found to have significant positive correlation with overall anxiety, psychic anxiety, and somatic anxiety symptoms. In regression analysis, anxiety contributes significantly to the prediction of Internet addiction among undergraduate students. Conclusion: Students are suffering from stress, anxiety, and depression may have a tendency to use the Internet excessively to relieve low mood, insomnia, fearfulness, feelings of guilt, and hopelessness.http://www.healthandbehavior.com/article.asp?issn=2772-4204;year=2021;volume=4;issue=4;spage=137;epage=141;aulast=Ranjananxietyinternet addictioninternet usesomatic anxietyundergraduate students |
| spellingShingle | Lokesh Kumar Ranjan Pramod R Gupta Mayank Srivastava Nilesh Maruti Gujar Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior anxiety internet addiction internet use somatic anxiety undergraduate students |
| title | Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| title_full | Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| title_fullStr | Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| title_short | Problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| title_sort | problematic internet use and its association with anxiety among undergraduate students |
| topic | anxiety internet addiction internet use somatic anxiety undergraduate students |
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