Kumar Sahu Ramesh, Singh Rajput Diwakar, Jadeja Naresh, Shukla Anuradha, Ramji Dwivedi Rohini
Department of Academic Administration, Marwadi University, Rajkot, GJ, India.
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, MP, India.
Addict Health. 2024 May;16(2):107-114. doi: 10.34172/ahj.2024.1477. Epub 2024 May 1.
Unwarranted internet use can lead to a multiplicity of issues in personal, social, and professional spheres. This phenomenon is known as internet addiction. Between 1989 and 2020, the number of internet users increased from 500000 to 4.83 billion, suggesting a rising trend in the figure of persons who are digitally savvy. India had more than 718 million subscribers as of June 2020, second only to China, according to TRAI. The ground of this study is to scrutinize the magnitude of addiction, its impact, and related factors in universities located in the districts of Chhattisgarh's judicial capital, Bilaspur, and state capital, Raipur.
The "Personal Information Form" was used to gather data, which also contained synopses of internet usage, Young's "Internet Addiction Test (IAT)," and a questionnaire the researcher created called the "Impact Scale of Internet Addiction."
Out of 937 professionals from different socio-economic backgrounds, 495 (52.82%) were male and 442 (47.18%) were females. The subject's mean age was 21.34 (SD 2.34). The study's findings indicate that the mean IAT score for IA among users was 67.15. Out of the total, 222 (23.69%) respondents were found to be severely addicted, 587 (62.64%) to be possible addicts, and 122 (13.02%) to be mildly addicted, respectively. Only six (0.64%) out of 937 people were considered to be completely safe or addiction-free. Comparing males' and females' outcomes in terms of social media usage, academic performance, tendencies, and purpose has proven to be highly significant.
Discuss the probability of addiction, protective factors, and preventive techniques based on these facts.
无节制地使用互联网会在个人、社交和职业领域引发诸多问题。这种现象被称为网络成瘾。1989年至2020年间，互联网用户数量从50万增至48.3亿，这表明精通数字技术的人数呈上升趋势。据印度电信管理局（TRAI）称，截至2020年6月，印度的互联网用户超过7.18亿，仅次于中国。本研究旨在调查恰蒂斯加尔邦司法首府比拉斯布尔和邦首府赖布尔所在地区各大学的网络成瘾程度、其影响及相关因素。
使用“个人信息表”收集数据，该表还包含互联网使用概要、杨的“网络成瘾测试（IAT）”以及研究人员编制的名为“网络成瘾影响量表”的问卷。
在937名来自不同社会经济背景的专业人员中，495名（52.82%）为男性，442名（47.18%）为女性。受试者的平均年龄为21.34岁（标准差2.34）。研究结果表明，用户中网络成瘾的平均IAT得分为67.15。在总受访者中，分别有222名（23.69%）被发现严重成瘾，587名（62.64%）可能成瘾，122名（13.02%）轻度成瘾。937人中只有6人（0.64%）被认为完全安全或无成瘾问题。在社交媒体使用、学业成绩、倾向和目的方面比较男性和女性的结果，已证明具有高度显著性。
基于这些事实，讨论成瘾的可能性、保护因素和预防技术。
