Today we can get lots of information through internet by just a click. The trend of using internet is common especially among young generation. The aim of the present study was to find the level of internet addiction among adolescents. A cross sectional survey design was used for 52 randomly selected adolescents from private school of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Data was collected through Kimberly Young's internet addiction scale. Result showed that more than half participants were using facebook (71%) and whatsapp (71%) for the purposes of chatting 92%, regarding internet addiction more than half (53.8%) of the participants had moderate internet addiction and 7.7% had severe internet addiction which could possibly affect the physical and mental health of the youngsters.
By Mrs. Vandana Chauhan | Dr. Balvinder Kaur Buttar | Mrs. Ramesh Singh" Internet Addiction among Adolescents"
Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-6 , October 2017,
Paper URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd3538.pdf
Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/3538/internet-addiction-among-adolescents/mrs-vandana-chauhan
By Mrs. Vandana Chauhan | Dr. Balvinder Kaur Buttar | Mrs. Ramesh Singh" Internet Addiction among Adolescents"
Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-6 , October 2017,
Paper URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd3538.pdf
Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/3538/internet-addiction-among-adolescents/mrs-vandana-chauhan
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