Volume 8 : Issue 1 (2021)

Internet Addiction in Adolescents

The internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that has become an integral part of modern life. It is increasingly used by all people as one of the most important devices for access of information in the world. The excessive use of internet has grown as a psychological problem. Adolescence is the age which is most vulnerable to be effected by such psychological problem. Present study aimed to assess the level of internet use among teen age students. 200 students (100 M and 100 F) were taken from various schools of Varanasi city. Age range of the sample was from 15 to 19 years. Pathological Internet Use Scale by Asthana and Verma (2019) was used for data collection. Results revealed that internet usage by the sample was of normal level. Gender difference was not significant for five out of six dimensions as well as for overall scores. The only significant difference among boys and girls was observed on ‘neglect of social life’ dimension of the scale where boys scored higher in comparison to girls.

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