Assessment of Psychological Behaviour among Internet Users students in Secondary Schools at Mosul City

Backgrounds and Aims: The term "Internet user" refers to anybody who has a computer and can access the Internet from anywhere in the world. This research sought to examine the amount of internet usage among students by gender, sleep problems among students by gender, and aggressive behaviour among students by gender. To examine the extent to which pupils exhibit withdrawal symptoms based on their gender, and to evaluate the degree to which students exhibit violent behaviour based on their gender. Patients and Methods: A descriptive design was carried out from 15th, January 2021 through 29th, March 2021 to achieve the present study's objectives. The research participants were 100 pupils from Nineveh Education Directorate secondary schools, ranging in age from 13 to 17 years. The data collection period was from the 20th of January to the 1st of February 2021 in order to fulfil the present study's objectives. This scale is prepared to be applied by an interview with pupils Aggressive Behavior Scale, Internet Addiction Test, Social Withdrawal Scale to achieve the goals of the study, The validity of the scale, was done through a review of 10 experts of different specialties related to the field of the present study were chosen. Results: The findings revealed that most pupils had equal male and females pupils had mild use of the Internet, the majority of the similar male and females pupils had soft sleep disorders, excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females, outrageous aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in male, the male and females pupils had similar mild withdrawal symptom, the male more than female had excessive eating disorders. Conclusions: the equal male and females students had mild use of the Internet. The majority of similar male and females students had soft sleep disorders. Excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females. The male and females students had similar mild withdrawal symptoms—the male more than female had extreme eating disorders. Conclusion: assist students in expressing their problems, and understand their motivations for behaviors, and make them continue interaction with their communities. Integration care of students with excessive internet usage in all spectrums (psychiatry, healthy, socially, and educationally). Having instructors and parents utilise excessive amounts of the Internet to connect with children. Training teachers on the correct diagnosis of students with excessive usage of the Internet. Keywords: Psychological behaviour, Internet Users.

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Gender Differences in Internet Usage and Task Preferences

Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch086 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 557-563 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kai Zheng ◽

Akhilesh Bajaj ◽

Beth Osborne Daponte ◽

John B. Engberg

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Internet Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Internet Behavior ◽

Internet Users ◽

Targeted Marketing ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

And Gender ◽

And Task

How people use the Internet is an intriguing question to researchers, computer educators, Internet content providers (ICPs), and marketing practitioners. With the expansion of online information resources and the improvement of connection bandwidth, Internet users have been offered more and more choices, at the same time, faced with more and more dilemmas on how to allocate their time and energy online. How much time do people spend on surfing the Internet? What do they do? Are there any traceable patterns to interpret the Internet behavior and to predict future use based on people’s demographic, social, or psychological characteristics? These are all interesting questions that researchers attempt to answer. In 1995, the HomeNet project conducted at the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, launched a series of field studies to examine the residential Internet behavior. It has found that social demographics—generation, race and gender, rather than socioeconomic factors—income, education—and psychological factors—like social extraversion and attitude toward computing—were major influences on use (Kraut, Scherlis, Mukhopadhyay, Manning, & Kiesler, 1996). Following the HomeNet project’s initial attempt, many empirical studies have been conducted globally to study the Internet behavior and its driving factors. Among these efforts, a noticeable focus is to resolve the long-lasting controversy, inherited from the similar debate of computer behavior studies, on how gender differences influence the way people use the Internet. Many researchers believe that females are less technology-inclined, less motivated, and therefore less competent in the masculine computer and Internet culture; on the other hand, some other researchers argue females have the ability to be proficient in use of the Internet. The present study is thereby conducted to provide more empirical evidence of gender effects on Internet usage and task preferences. In particular, we are interested in examining gender influences when users’ computer proficiency is controlled for. We believe that the results of this study can provide valuable insights into effective online content delivery, targeted marketing strategies, and customized computer education to encourage use. The close examination of people’s actual surfing data can also contribute to a better understanding of how the Internet is actually utilized. The next section describes the debate about how women and men respond in different ways to computers and the Internet. This is followed by a presentation of our study design: the monitoring software, the content classification schema and method, and the user population that we studied. The findings are presented next, followed by concluding remarks.

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Social networks and eating disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic

Open Medicine ◽

10.1515/med-2021-0291 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 1170-1174

Author(s):

Concetta M. Vaccaro ◽

Giulia Guarino ◽

Dario Conte ◽

Emanuela Ferrara ◽

Laura Dalla Ragione ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

The Internet ◽

Italian Population ◽

High Increase ◽

Adolescent Population ◽

Internet Users ◽

The Social ◽

First Results ◽

Use Of The Internet

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study is to assess the increase both in the use of the Internet and social media and in Google searches regarding eating disorders (ED) in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim is also to verify the possible impact of such an increase on ED, since patients treated for ED by the National Health Service (NHS) have increased in the first 6 months of 2020 as well. Method We used data from Wearesocial surveys on Internet users in the first 6 months of 2020 and the Google searches related to the query of “food disorders” and “body shaming.” The first results of a project of the Italian Ministry of Health on ED have been considered too. Results The social media users in July 2020 increased to 60% of the Italian population; a tendential increase in Google searches on these issues has emerged. Finally, new patients of NHS with ED showed a high increase in the first 6 months of 2020 (+40.9%). Conclusion Considering the contents diffused on the Internet, it is fundamental to watch over net usage in the adolescent population and those with ED, because massive access to social media can be considered almost as a risk factor.

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Educational Data Mining (EDM)on the use of the Internet in the World of Indonesian Education

TEM Journal ◽

10.18421/tem93-39 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1134-1140

Author(s):

Robbi Rahim

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Internet Use ◽

Educational Data Mining ◽

Internet Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

The World ◽

Data Source ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

High Cluster

The purpose of this research is to analyze internet users in the world who are educated in Indonesia by utilizing computer science techniques. The use of the internet in question is the percentage in accessing the internet for ages 5-12 years old, 13-15 years old and 16-18 years old. The data source used is from https://www.bps.go.id/. The method used is kmedoids, while mapping in the form of clusters in this study uses 2 labels namely C1: high cluster for internet use and C2: low cluster for internet use. The results mention that the islands of Sumatra and Java dominate in the use of the internet in all ages. The results state that k-medoids can be applied to the case of mapping internet usage with an accuracy of mentioning above 90% and an error rate below 5%.

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Impact of an educational intervention on internet usage, among students of an urban higher secondary school in Kochi, Kerala

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 2754

Author(s):

Reshma Javed ◽

Sreelakshmi Mohandas ◽

Alexander John ◽

Nimitha Paul ◽

Retheesh Kumar

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Internet Use ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Internet Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

Post Test ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Impact

Background: Two-thirds of the 1.11 billion internet users globally are from developing countries. In India, there were 243 million internet users, in 2014. The objectives were to determine the impact of an educational intervention, on internet usage, to estimate the prevalence and to assess the pattern of usage and to assess factors associated with internet usage among students of a higher secondary school.Methods: A school-based interventional study was carried out in Model Technical Higher secondary school, randomly selected from a list of schools in the field practice area of the department. The minimum calculated sample size was 50. All students from 11th and 12th standards were included in the study. The intervention was an interactive health education session focussing on the efficient and safe use of the internet. Post-test data were collected one month after the intervention.Results: The prevalence of internet use was 97%, with the majority starting to use the internet between the ages of 11 and 14 years. Our intervention did not bring a significant change to the number of internet users; however, there was a significant decrease in the number of students using the internet from cafés, the safety concerns of which were addressed during the educational talk.Conclusions: The educational intervention had a positive impact on internet use among students. Therefore, identifying patterns of internet use among students and educating the youth regarding the proper use of the internet is essential.

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The role of internet in stock market participation: just a matter of habit?

Information Technology and People ◽

10.1108/itp-06-2017-0191 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 869-885 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sara Fernández-López ◽

Lucía Rey-Ares ◽

Milagros Vivel-Búa

Keyword(s):

Stock Market ◽

Internet Usage ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

The Internet ◽

Market Participation ◽

Content Type ◽

Stock Market Participation ◽

Internet Users ◽

Social Multiplier ◽

Use Of The Internet

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt a behavioural approach to explain how the internet use influences stock market participation (SMP) decisions. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the literature on sociability and SMP, this paper analyses whether virtual sociability affects SMP decision in a sample of 34,715 individuals in 14 European countries. Findings The results show that internet users are more likely to be stockowners. However, the obtained evidence does not support either an informational effect or a social multiplier effect of the virtual sociability. After controlling by the country’s SMP rates, a positive effect of internet usage on SMP decision remains, suggesting that contextual factors matter rather than internet usage per se. Thus, in countries where individuals are “used” to being stockholders, the habit of using internet increases SMP, but the “breeding ground” is a necessary condition. Originality/value The massive use of the internet provides a valuable opportunity to find evidence of the frictional costs which would act as inhibitors of the SMP, as economic theory hypothesised. After some promising results, the differences in the evolution of both the SMP and internet usage rates have not confirmed the initial enthusiasm. In addition, the question of why the SMP rates systematically differ across countries still remains open.

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Internet usage patterns and gender differences: a decision tree approach

10.31124/advance.8040185 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Dijana Kovacevic ◽

Ljiljana Kascelan

Keyword(s):

Decision Tree ◽

Internet Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Modified Model ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

Internet Users ◽

Usage Patterns ◽

And Gender ◽

The One ◽

Web Developers

the present study deals with a more detailed, and updated, modified model that allows for the identification of internet usage patterns by gender. The model was modified due to the development of the internet and new access models, on the one hand, and to the fact that previous studies mainly focuses on various individual (non-interactive) influences of certain factors, on the other. The Decision Tree (DT) method, which is used in our study, does not require a pre-defined underlying relationship. In addition, the method allows a great many explanatory variables to be processed and the most important variables are easy to identify. Obtained results can serve as to web developers and designers, since by indicating the differences between male and female internet users in terms of their behaviour on the internet it can help in deciding when, where and how to address and appeal to which section of the user base. It is especially important to know their online preferences in order to enable the adequate and targeted placement of information, actions or products and services for the intended target groups.

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An overview of internet use among professionals of Moradabad: a critical appraisal

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175781 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 198

Author(s):

Neha Priya ◽

Samreen Khan ◽

Sachin Lal

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Internet Use ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Internet Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Internet Users ◽

Use Of Internet

Background: Internet is a boon and has certainly helped to bring the world closer. It has been a great medium for students to communicate and get information by transforming the academic landscape. However the excessive and undisciplined use of internet by individuals especially in the last decade, has led to the emergence of the concept of internet addiction. Therefore, a cross sectional study has been conducted to investigate the use of internet facility among undergraduate students from Teerthankar Mahaveer University using a validated questionnaire. There were about 42 million active internet users in urban India in 2008 when compared to 5 million in 2000. India now has the world’s third-largest national digital population, with approximately, 159 million Internet users in 2014, which is projected to reach 314 million by 2017 (IMRB 2014). The aim was to study prevalence and pattern of internet usage among undergraduate students in Moradabad. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among medical students (n=382) belonging to all the professionals of medical college, to assess the pattern of internet usage. A semi-structured proforma along with Young’s internet addiction scale was used. Results: Of the 382 adolescents who took part in the study, 150 (39.27%) were female and 232 (60.73%) were males. Their mean age was 16.20 years. Using Young’s original criteria, 22 (5.76%) were found to be addicts, 230 (60.21%) were moderately addicted, 45 (11.78%) were average users while in 85 (22.25%) of student’s internet use was less than average. Most of internet use was for social networking 183(47.9%), downloading media files 125 (32.7%), online gaming 45 (11.8%), academic purposes 10 (2.6%) and others 19 (5%). About 275 (72%) of the students were using smart phones to access the internet. Conclusions: Most of the internet usage was for the purpose of social networking (Facebook, Whats App, Mails, etc). Availability of high speed free wi-fi internet on mobile phones as well as more reliance on virtual friendship than real may be the reason for spending more time on social network websites.

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Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet

European Journal of Communication ◽

10.1177/02673231211046785 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026732312110467

Author(s):

Daniel Calderón Gómez ◽

Massimo Ragnedda ◽

Maria Laura Ruiu

Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Social Aspects ◽

The Internet ◽

Logit Analysis ◽

Social Variables ◽

Technological Factors ◽

Internet Users ◽

Socio Economic Variables ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Uk

This article investigates the entanglement between socio-economic and technological factors in conditioning people's patterns of Internet use. We analysed the influence of sociodemographic and techno-social aspects in conditioning the distinctive digital practices developed by Internet users. By using a representative sample of UK users and different methods of analysis, such as factor analysis, K-means cluster analysis and logit analysis, this study shows how techno-social variables have a stronger effect than socio-economic variables in explaining the advanced use of the Internet.

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Towards Privacy Awareness in Future Internet Technologies

Cyber Law, Privacy, and Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8897-9.ch089 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1818-1839

Author(s):

Hosnieh Rafiee ◽

Christoph Meinel

Keyword(s):

Future Internet ◽

The Internet ◽

User Privacy ◽

Current Standard ◽

Important Place ◽

Privacy Issue ◽

Internet Users ◽

The World ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Practical Level

With the increased use of the Internet to share confidential information with other users around the world, the demands to protect this information are also increasing. This is why, today, privacy has found its important place in users' lives. However, Internet users have different interpretations of the meaning of privacy. This fact makes it difficult to find the best way to address the privacy issue. In addition, most of the current standard protocols in use over the Internet do not support the level of privacy that most users expect. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the best balance between users' expectation and the practical level of privacy to address user privacy needs and evaluate the most important protocols from privacy aspects.

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Internet Crime

Cyber Crime ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-323-2.ch101 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Tejaswini Herath ◽

H. Raghav Rao ◽

Shambhu Upadhyaya

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

Denial Of Service ◽

Computer Training ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Crime ◽

Security Issues ◽

Internet Users ◽

Computing Skills ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

And Gender

It is estimated that over 1 billion people now have access to the Internet. This unprecedented access and use of Internet by individuals around the world, however, is accompanied by malicious and mischievous activities online. With the traditional crimes such as fraud, identity theft, and harassment now being committed with the use of the Internet, and networked home computers being exploited to carry out attacks such as denial of service, spamming, phishing and virus/worm propagation, it has become important to investigate security and privacy issues as they pertain to individual Internet users. To date very little is known about what characteristics of internet users affect their computing and on-line behaviors as they relate to security online. While some attention has been paid to understand the security issues affecting corporations, research investigating security issues as they relate to home users is still in infancy. Drawing from disciplines such as criminology, sociology, consumer fraud, and information security, this study seeks to find the role of computing skills and computer training, social influence, and gender on person’s vulnerability to Internet crimes. Our findings are significant and shed light in this important area of Internet crime contributing to the information security literature.

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