Loneliness, social anxiety, social support, and internet addiction among postgraduate college students

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorKhess, C R Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorK, J Men_US
dc.contributor.authorAli, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorGujar, N M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T06:59:56Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T06:59:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: There is little evidence that loneliness, social anxiety, and social support can cause excessive use of internet addiction in college students. The present study is just an attempt to show a relationship between loneliness, social anxiety, social support, and internet addiction among college students. Methodology: Cross-sectional study design was used to select sample from four departments (History, Philosophy, Hindi, and English) of Ranchi University using simple random sampling. A total of 100 students were included and informed consents were taken for further assessment. Sociodemographic datasheet, the revised UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale, the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), the Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) were administered. Study was undertaken with the permission of scientific and ethics committee of Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. Data was analysed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. Results: High level of loneliness (92%), social anxiety in 21%, social phobia in 22%, and severe internet addiction was present in 15% of the respondents. Loneliness has a significant positive correlation with social anxiety (r=0.285, p<0.01). In regression analysis, social anxiety, perceived social support, and internet addiction contributed significantly to the prediction of loneliness among college students [F(3,96)=4.492, p=0.005] accounting at 1.23% variance. Social anxiety strongly contributes to the variance on the loneliness (Beta=0.358, t=3.389, p=0.001). Conclusion: Social anxiety has a significant relationship with loneliness and act as prominent predictors for loneliness. Prevalence of internet addiction was high among college going students.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiatric Social Work, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiatry, CIP, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIrbid Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Project, Doctors Without Borders/ M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es Holland (OCA), Jordan Mission, 29Aoudeh Abu Taeh Street, Shesani, Abdali District, Amman-11185, Jordanen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiatric Social Work, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiatric Social Work, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh A, Khess C R J, K J M, Ali A, Gujar N M.. Loneliness, social anxiety, social support, and internet addiction among postgraduate college students. Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences. 2020 Jun; 11(1): 10-13en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-2061
dc.identifier.issn2394-2053
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/218358
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAcademy Publisheren_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5958/2394-2061.2020.00002.6en_US
dc.subjectPhobiaen_US
dc.subjectPredictoren_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.titleLoneliness, social anxiety, social support, and internet addiction among postgraduate college studentsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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