Internet Addiction, Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Indian Youth
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2018-10
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Desousa Foundation
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Background and Objectives: The phenomenon of internet addiction has grown to be one of the mostdiscussed and clinically implicated areas in research for the last decade. The aim of this study was todetermine the level of internet addiction among youth and its relation to depression, anxiety and / or stressamong the Indian youth.Methods: The sample for this study was 349 male and female participants between the age group of 15-29years, across various cities in India. Convenient sampling and snowball sampling methods were engenderedfor the purpose of collecting data. The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Kimberley Young and theDepression Anxiety and Stress Scale- 21 (DASS- 21) by Lovibond and Lovibond was administered to thesample. 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 relationshipbetween 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, anxietyand stress. However, the findings of this study suggest that there is no significant relationship betweeninternet addiction and gender with depression, anxiety and / or stress among Indian youth.
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Internet addiction, depression, anxiety, stress, Indian youth
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Lodha Pragya. Internet Addiction, Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Indian Youth. Indian Journal of Mental Health . 2018 OCT; 5(4): 427-442