A Comparative study on Internet Addiction among Medical students and Engineering students
| Autor: | Battula Pujitha, Saka Meghana, Kota Suresh Kumar, Sri Ramya Ivaturi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Pharmacology
Polymers and Plastics Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys General Engineering Biophysics Condensed Matter Physics Toxicology Pollution Biochemistry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Inorganic Chemistry Biomaterials Mechanics of Materials Chemistry (miscellaneous) Drug Discovery General Materials Science Waste Management and Disposal Music |
| Zdroj: | TELANGANA JOURNAL OF IMA. :29-24 |
| DOI: | 10.52314/tjima.2022.v2i2.81 |
| Popis: | Background: Internet addiction generally refers to an individual’s incapability to control the use of the internet including any online-affiliated compulsive behaviour, which ultimately causes marked distress and functional impairment in daily life. The word “addiction” has usually been associated with substance but severe dependence and addictive patterns have led to the surfacing of the new word “Internet Addiction”. Internet addiction is a unique and attractive subject considered as a behaviour-based addiction in recent years. Objectives: To study and compare internet addiction among medical and engineering students. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted among students from local medical and engineering colleges, using the Youngs Internet Addiction Test, a reliable and valid measure of addictive use of the Internet, consisting of twenty items that measure the magnitude of Internet Addiction. Results: Among 514 medical students, 25% were normal, 48% had mild addiction, 23% has moderate addiction and 4% were severely addicted to non-academic purpose usage of the internet. Among 623 engineering students, 20% were normal, 53% had mild addiction, 22% had moderate addiction, and 5% were severely addicted. In our present study, engineering students showed more internet addiction than medical students. Conclusion: Poor academic activity, poor integration in extracurricular activities, and other problems due to excessive Internet use, require strategies to be developed and implemented to treat pathological Internet usage. |
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