Showing 5 results for Internet Addiction
Behnam Lashgarara, Mahmood Taghavi Shahri, Agh Babak Maheri, Roya Sadeghi,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (7-2012)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Internet has become an effective medium to transfer new scientific and research findings, knowledge and information in educational processes across the world. It also facilitates essential communication among millions of people globally and offers users plenty of entertainment for their leisure time. However, excessive computer use interferes with daily life and carries a risk of addiction. Therefore, the concept of internet addiction is now considered a social problem. This study was conducted to determine the association between internet addiction and general health among dormitory students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted in 2010, included 125 female- and 110 male-students from dormitories of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, selected by stratified random sampling. The instruments for data collection were two standard questionnaires - YANG Internet Addiction and Goldberg's General Health (GHQ). Data were analyzed by SPSS-19, the statistical tests being Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, Chi-square, correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression.
Results: The results showed that, based on the YANG classification, 34% of the students were addicted to the internet. In comparison with ordinary users, the general health of the internet-addicted users was at a higher risk (p<0.001). The two groups were also different with regard to anxiety and depression (p<0.001), but not with regard to physical function or social function.
Conclusion: Internet addiction among dormitory students is a cause for concern. Well-designed programs focusing on education, counseling and behavioral intervention are needed to reduce internet addiction amongst vulnerable students.
Seyed Rahmat Allah Mousavomoghadam, Tayebeh Nouri, Tahereh Khodadadi, Asad Ahmadi, Gholamreza Ghiasi,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (6-2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: This study aimed to investigate the association of Internet addiction and self-control with mental health among students of the University of Applied Sciences and Technology (UAST) in Ilam city, Iran.
Materials and Methods: Data collection tools included the Mental Health Goldenberg scale, Tanji Self-control Inventory and Young Internet Addiction questionnaires. The sample consisted of 101 UAST students in Ilam City, Iran.
Results: Analysis of the data showed a statistically significant negative relationship between internet addiction and mental health and a positive association between self-control and mental health in male- and female-students.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that he more a student uses the Internet, the more likely he/she is to be less healthy mentally, while if a student has more self-control, he/she is more likely to be healthier mentally.The use of the Internet among the new generation in the society is spreading, becoming an important part of life. It has been said that teenagers are at a high risk. Hence the responsible authorities should consider mental health as a factor preventing extreme behavior of young people.
Saeid Ebrahimi, Mohammad Khammarnia, Nasrin Porvazn, Mahnaz Karamipur, Hajar Jamshidzahi, Fatemeh Setoodezadeh, Mostafa Peyvand,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (9-2018)
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Background and Aim: The Internet is a strong and multimedia technology that meets the most basic needs of human beings; however, this new technology can have great negative effects on people's lives. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction and its relationship with quality of sleep and quality of life among students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Zahedan in 2017.The study population included all the students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. A sample of 340 students were selected through stratified random sampling. Data were collected using three World Health Organization questionnaires, namely, quality of sleep, Internet addiction and quality of life questionnaires, and analyzed using SPSS (v22), the statistical tests being ANOVA and linear regression test and T-test.
Results: Data analysis showed that Internet addiction and the quality of life among the students were mild (43 ± 15) and desirable (78.4± 1.6), respectively. However, the sleep Quality Index for 282 students (82.9%) was not desirable. There were statistically significant associations (p<0.05) between the place of residence on the one hand and Internet addiction, quality of sleep and quality of life on the other.
Conclusion: Based on the findings it can be concluded that Internet addiction has a negative effect on the quality of sleep and quality of life of the students. The students need to pay more attention to the use of the Internet. It is also recommended that behavioral and cognitive intervention be designed and implemented aiming at teaching the students proper use of the computer and the Internet.
Javad Eynypour, Maryam Bayat, Sara Pashang,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (6-2021)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Internet addiction means excessive and unnecessary use of the Internet. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of brain-behavioral systems in Internet addiction among university students.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population was all the students of Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch in the academic year 1397-98. A sample of 162 students were selected, based on the Tabachnick & Fidell formula, using the multi-phase cluster sampling technic. The tools used to collect data were the harmful Internet use and the brain and behavioral system questionnaires.
Results: Based on the multivariate regression analysis, 66.7% of Internet addiction among the students could be explained by brain-behavioral systems. Active avoidance and approach, as components of the behavioral activation system, could predict Internet addiction negatively, while passive avoidance and extinction, as components of the behavioral inhibition system, and fight and flight from the components of the fight/flight system, could predict Internet addiction positively.
Conclusion: Purposeful communication and information search (pleasant unconditional stimuli), tedium and constant logic dominating the internet environment (unpleasant unconditional stimuli) have their own conditional cues on the Internet that indicate the degree of susceptibility of brain-behavioral systems to internet addiction.
Fatemeh Pooragha Roodbarde, Behnaz Sobh Sahar, Mohsen Moshkbid Haghighi,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (12-2022)
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Background and Aim: In recent decades, the use of the Internet as a suitable and affordable means of communication has become increasingly popular among people, especially young people. However, the excessive use of this technology has led to negative physical, behavioral and psychological consequences, causing concern in many families and even in authorities involved in the educational system. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the association of family emotional atmosphere, self-control and sleep quality with Internet addiction in teenagers.
Materials and Methods: This research was a cross-sectional and descriptive correlational study. The statistical population was all the 300 male students in the 4th to 6th grades of two non-governmental high schools in Rasht city, Iran in the academic year of 1401-1401. A sample of 169 was selected based on the Morgan's Krejci table and using the available sampling method. The data collection tools were the Young's internet addiction, Pittsburgh sleep quality, Tanji self-control and Nodargah family emotional atmosphere questionnaires.
Results: The analysis of the data showed that there is a significant positive correlation between Internet addiction and family emotional atmosphere (r=0.597) and sleep quality (r=0.331), while a negative and significant correlation exists between self-control and Internet addiction (r=0.668). Furthermore, the regression test results showed that all the three variables, namely family emotional atmosphere, self-control and sleep quality, can predict the changes in the internet addiction variable, such that per one standard deviation change in the familial emotional atmosphere, self-control and sleep quality a change of 0.163, ̶ 0.382 and 0.375 deviation occurs in Internet addiction. Finally, simultaneous regression analysis showed that 51% of the students' internet addiction level can be explained by family emotional atmosphere, self-control and the students' sleep quality.
Conclusion: Based on the findings it is concluded that the variables family emotional atmosphere and sleep quality have a direct positive, while self-control has an inverse negative, relationship with Internet addiction. In addition, the family emotional atmosphere, high self-control and good sleep quality are effective in managing the use of the Internet by teenagers, which would mean that the proper awareness of parents and school counselors of the subject can help prevent internet addiction in teenagers.
