A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction
During the past two decades, internet has penetrated into people’s personal lives, significantly. People communicate with each other through internet facilities such as email services, social web pages, etc. Internet has influenced so much of our lives that many people get addicted and it has become...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Growing Science
2013-03-01
|
| Series: | Management Science Letters |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol3/msl_2013_10.pdf |
| _version_ | 1818963653433491456 |
|---|---|
| author | Mohammad Reza Iravani Mostafa Rajabi Mohammad Golnari Abbasi Hajar Jannesari |
| author_facet | Mohammad Reza Iravani Mostafa Rajabi Mohammad Golnari Abbasi Hajar Jannesari |
| author_sort | Mohammad Reza Iravani |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | During the past two decades, internet has penetrated into people’s personal lives, significantly. People communicate with each other through internet facilities such as email services, social web pages, etc. Internet has influenced so much of our lives that many people get addicted and it has become a serious issue among different societies. In this study, we perform an empirical study to find the relationship of three issues of age, gender and employment status on internet addiction behavior. The survey selects 190 men and 160 women from a city of NajafAbad located in province of Esfahan, Iran and a questionnaire consists of 35 questions are distributed among them. The survey uses Chi-Square statistics to examine the effects of three mentioned factors and the results indicate that internet addiction is more among singles than married (Chi-Square=19.94). The survey also indicates that internet addition is more on men than women do (Chi-Square=6.64). However, our survey does not find any evidence to believe job employment has any impact on internet addiction. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-20T12:48:38Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-99756a62bc5f474fb9bd311f723709bc |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1923-9335 1923-9343 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-20T12:48:38Z |
| publishDate | 2013-03-01 |
| publisher | Growing Science |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Management Science Letters |
| spelling | doaj.art-99756a62bc5f474fb9bd311f723709bc2022-12-21T19:40:13ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-93351923-93432013-03-013310191024A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addictionMohammad Reza IravaniMostafa RajabiMohammad Golnari AbbasiHajar JannesariDuring the past two decades, internet has penetrated into people’s personal lives, significantly. People communicate with each other through internet facilities such as email services, social web pages, etc. Internet has influenced so much of our lives that many people get addicted and it has become a serious issue among different societies. In this study, we perform an empirical study to find the relationship of three issues of age, gender and employment status on internet addiction behavior. The survey selects 190 men and 160 women from a city of NajafAbad located in province of Esfahan, Iran and a questionnaire consists of 35 questions are distributed among them. The survey uses Chi-Square statistics to examine the effects of three mentioned factors and the results indicate that internet addiction is more among singles than married (Chi-Square=19.94). The survey also indicates that internet addition is more on men than women do (Chi-Square=6.64). However, our survey does not find any evidence to believe job employment has any impact on internet addiction.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol3/msl_2013_10.pdfInternet addictionSocial work studyCyber space |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Reza Iravani Mostafa Rajabi Mohammad Golnari Abbasi Hajar Jannesari A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction Management Science Letters Internet addiction Social work study Cyber space |
| title | A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| title_full | A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| title_fullStr | A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| title_full_unstemmed | A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| title_short | A social work study on impact of gender, marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| title_sort | social work study on impact of gender marital status and employment status on internet addiction |
| topic | Internet addiction Social work study Cyber space |
| url | http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol3/msl_2013_10.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mohammadrezairavani asocialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT mostafarajabi asocialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT mohammadgolnariabbasi asocialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT hajarjannesari asocialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT mohammadrezairavani socialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT mostafarajabi socialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT mohammadgolnariabbasi socialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction AT hajarjannesari socialworkstudyonimpactofgendermaritalstatusandemploymentstatusoninternetaddiction |