A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG INDIAN GIRLS AND BOYS - A CROSS-SECTIONAL ONLINE SURVEY.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess and compare the level of internet addiction among Indian girls and boys. Study Design: Cross-sectional online survey. Materials & Methods: Data collection was collected from 280 in which 140 girls and 140 boys who pursuing graduation by the online survey through Google forms with the use of Young's Internet Addiction Tool (IAT) – 20: Results:Among all the 140 Indian girl respondents surprisingly only 1 girl is having severe internet addiction whereas the majority of the 57 respondents are normal without any internet addiction. With the mean and standard deviations 35.27+17.13 also. Among all the 140 Indian boys respondents, surprisingly only 2 boys are having severe internet addiction whereas the majority of the 69 respondents are having mild internet addiction levels. With the mean and standard deviations 39.05+14.83 also. Z-Test value of 2.8466 is revealing a signicant difference between the internet addiction levels among Indian girls and boys at the probability value of 0.05. Conclusion: The results highlight the vulnerability of college students to Internet addiction. The ndings provide explanations on the addictive behavior of the internet users, support the inclusion of "Internet Addiction" and There is a need to focus on mental health concerning internet Addiction, as problematic internet use is increasingly being reported and younger Internet users are more at risk of becoming Internet addicts.