Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Poonam R. Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, St. John's College, Agra, U.P., IN

Abstract

The aim of the study was to see the impact of Internet Addiction on Mental Health. The sample comprised 70 adolescents (boys&girls) aged 14 18 years who were Internet users. The tools for assessment were Mental Health checklist (Kumar) and Internet Addiction Test (Young). The hypotheses that (1) Internet addiction affects mental health, (2) there is significant difference between Mental Health of Net Addicted and Net Non- Addicted subjects were proved. It was concluded that Internet Addicted had poor mental health

Keywords

Internet Addiction Internet Addiction Disorder Dipression

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