PREVELENCE, FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNET ADDICTION AND ITS IMPACTS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AMONG STUDENTS AT SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS OF RURAL AREAS OF DAVANGERE TALUK, KARNATAKA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/eijmhs.v10i1.208Keywords:
high school students, rural area, psychological impact, internet addiction, PrevalenceAbstract
Background: The accessibility and portability of new media have made Internet addiction among young people a possible issue. The American Psychiatric Association plans to officially recognize the issues associated with this kind of addictive disorder by including Internet Use Disorder.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence, factors associated with internet addiction and its impact on psychological health and wellbeing among adolescence at selected high schools of rural areas.
Methodology: A quantitative approach with descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected high schools of rural areas Davangere Taluk were selected using probability multistage random sampling technique. The sample consisted of 200 high school students. Internet addiction test, assessment of factors affecting internet addiction and Psychological Impact of internet addiction questionnaires were used to collect data. Results: The study result reveal that, majority 93(46.5%) not had internet addiction, 82(41%) had mild addiction and least 25(12.5%) of participant was had moderate level of internet addiction. self-learning is a personal factor found among the majority of participants for use of internet and next significant personal factor was limited friends. Having personal devices is a family related factor found among the majority of participants. Online classes, browsing educational materials, browsing social medias, playing online games and availability of sufficient data in the internet were major socio educational factors related to use of internet. With respect to psychological problems majority of participants were experiencing guilt, mood changes, sadness, depression, boredom and other psychological problems. Majority 1450(63.6%) of participants were had mild psychological impacts, 72(31.6%) were had moderate psychological impacts and least 11(4.8%) of participants were not had psychological impact.
Conclusion: The study can help policymakers to understand the burden of internet addiction among high school students and can make necessary changes in the education system.
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