Internet Addiction and Mental Health among College Students in Malawi

2019 ◽  
pp. 261-280
Author(s):  
Tiwonge D. Manda ◽  
Edister S. Jamu ◽  
Elias P. Mwakilama ◽  
Limbika Maliwichi-Senganimalunje
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Internet Addiction

IMPACT OF INTERNET ADDICTION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Cabral ◽  
Amadeu Gonçalves ◽  
Manuela Ferreira ◽  
Emilia Coutinho ◽  
João Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Internet Addiction

scholarly journals An era of digital slavery: a study on internet addiction among professional college students of Hassan, Karnataka

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 2977
Author(s):  
Subhashini K. J. ◽  
Praveen G.
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Issue Knowledge ◽  
New Generation

Background: The spectacular growth of technology has made Internet use, the most popular recreational and academic activity for the college students. With the rise of new-generation gadgets, the risk of “internet addiction” is a significant issue of concern. Internet addiction leads to social and psychological problems such as depression, loneliness, low self-esteem and life satisfaction and other mental health problems and a greater impact on their academics. The objective of the study was to determine the association between internet addiction and depression and to know the effect of gender on internet addiction.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on the professional course students from Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (Government Medical College) and Government Engineering College. A total of 300 students were assessed for internet addiction using Young’s internet addiction test and depression was assessed using Beck’s depression inventory-II.Results: Out of the 300 professional college students, 173 (57.7%) were found to be internet addicted and 67 (38.7%) among them were found to be depressed and a statistically significant association (p<0.05, OR 3.6, 95% CI 2.02–6.39) was found. Males were found to be more addicted than females and it was statistical significant.Conclusions: Internet Addiction is common among the college students and adequate steps have to be taken to prevent the students from falling into addiction which is considered as a mental health issue. Knowledge regarding the safe use of internet has to be provided to students. 

scholarly journals A cross sectional study of prevalence of internet addiction and its association with mental health among college going students in Nagpur city

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1658
Author(s):  
Prashant Bagdey ◽  
Hemant Adikane ◽  
Uday Narlawar ◽  
Dadasaheb Dhage ◽  
Kishor Surwase ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
College Going

Background: The Internet has become an integral part of life. India is the third largest country in the world next to china and United States in respect of the number of internet users. Adolescents usually have poorer self- control, worse self-regulation, and poorer cognition as compared to adults and are considered the most vulnerable group to the temptations of the internet. Objective of the study was to understand the patterns, preferred use of internet, prevalence Internet addiction and its effect on their mental health status among college students in Nagpur.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in different colleges across in the Nagpur corporation during the period Dec 2016 to May 2017. Pre-validated, pre-tested, structured questionnaire was developed. Young’s 20-item scale for Internet addiction (YIAT) was applied to qualify for the prevalence of Internet addiction. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire has excellent psychometric properties as a screening instrument for psychiatric disorders in nonclinical settings.Results: This study of college students aged 17-25 years with marginally high male representation (51.92%), identified 30.69%, 26.60% and 0.26% students with mild, moderate and severe Internet addiction respectively. Those who are having internet addiction are two times at a risk of having poor mental health (OR = 2.28, p = 0.01).Conclusions: Disproportionate Internet use is an evolving issue among college going students as our study have highlighted that excessive use of the Internet undesirably affects one’s physical and mental health and social well-being. 

scholarly journals The status of college students' sleep quality and its relationship with internet addiction, anxiety and depression

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minmin Jiang ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Yanqiu Wang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Dong Ai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
College Student ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Status

Abstract Background:The problem of the decline of college students' sleep quality has gradually become a major factor affecting the physical and mental health of college students. The present study mainly explored the status of college students' sleep quality and its relationship with internet addiction, anxiety and depression.Methods:A sample of 5794 college students(18.89±1.10) from two randomly selected college from Anhui in China completed the measurement of sleep quality,Internet addiction,anxiety and depression.Sleep quality was measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).Results:The total detection rate of sleep disorder was 31.30% and the average score of PSQI was 6.27±2.62 in 5974 college students. Sleep disorders rate of females(c 2 =76.503, P <0.001) and PSQI average scores (t=-11.915, P <0.001) were significantly higher than those of males. Students in non-medical colleges had higher sleep disorders rate (c 2 =6.880, P <0.001) and PSQI average scores (t=-3.668, P <0.001) than medical college students.The sleep quality of college students was positively correlated with internet addiction (r=0.197, P <0.05), anxiety (r=0.227, P <0.05) and depression (r=0.268, P <0.05). The probability of females having sleep disorders was 1.726 times than that of males( OR =1.726, P <0.001).Third grade students were more prone to have sleep disorders( OR =1.240, P <0.05).Internet addiction ( OR =1.336, P <0.001), anxiety ( OR =1.695, P <0.001) and depression ( OR =1.964, P <0.001) were risk factors of sleep quality. Extroverted personality was a protective factor ( OR =-0.689, P <0.001).Conclusion:These findings suggested that college students had a high rate of sleep disorders. Schools and related departments should take appropriate measures to improve the sleep quality and promote physical and mental health of college student. Keywords :Sleep quality,College student,Internet addiction, Anxiety, Depression

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document