Impacts Due to Internet Addiction among Malaysian University Students
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to study the impacts due to Internet addiction among Malaysian university students. Research methodology used in this study was by distributing survey questions to 653 university students from five different universities in Malaysia. There were four possible impacts measured in this research study which include Academic Performances, Relationships, Personality and Lifestyle. The finding shows that, Internet addiction cause problems with respondents? academic performances, having bad personality and practicing an unhealthy lifestyle. There were significantly differences in academic performances, personality and lifestyle between ?Average user? and ?Excessive user?. The above matter will be further discussed throughout this paper.
Authors: Azizah Zainudin, Marina Md Din, Marini Othman
Institution: Universiti Tenaga Nasional
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1552199387