Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background and Objectives: The phenomenon of internet addiction has grown to be one of the most discussed and clinically implicated areas in research for the last decade.The aim of this study was to determine the level of internet addiction among youth and its relation to depression, anxiety and / or stress among the Indian youth.Methods: The sample for this study was 349 male and female participants between the age group of 15-29 years, across various cities in India.Convenient sampling and snowball sampling methods were engendered for the purpose of collecting data.The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Kimberley Young and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) by Lovibond and Lovibond was administered to the sample.A two-way MANOVA was used to analyse the data of this study.Results: Results showed that all findings for Wilk's Lambda and Pillai's Trace assessing the relationship between internet addiction and gender with depression, anxiety and stress were non-significant.Conclusion: The findings suggest that there is a relationship between internet addiction, depression, anxiety and stress.However, the findings of this study suggest that there is no significant relationship between internet addiction and gender with depression, anxiety and / or stress among Indian youth.
Author: Pragya Lodha
Institution: Maniben Nanavati Women's College
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2936612510