Shubha Dahanga, - (2016) A study to assess the psychological problems among adolescents with internet addiction at selected school, Ranchi. Masters thesis, Shivparvathi Mandradiar Institute of Health Sciences, Erode.
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Abstract
A study to assess the psychological problems among adolescents with internet addiction at selected school, Ranchi The objectives of the study were 1. To assess the level of internet addiction among adolescents with internet addiction in selected school. 2. To assess the selected psychological problems among adolescents with internet addiction. 3. To find out the association between internet addiction and selected demographic variables among adolescents. 4. To find out the association between selected psychological problems and their selected demographic variables among adolescents with internet addiction. 5. To find out the correlation between the internet addiction and selected psychological problems among adolescents with internet addiction. The investigator organized the review of literature under two sections, as follows: Studies related to Prevalence and factors of internet addiction among adolescents & Studies related to Psychological problems among adolescents with Internet Addiction. The research design was a descriptive survey design. The data collection tools were validated by Nursing experts and Psychologist. Reliability was established by Inter rater method. The reliability was found to be r=0.82 for Internet Addiction Scale, r=0.75 for DAS Scale, r=0.73 for UCLA Loneliness scale and r=0.72 for Modified PSQI Scale. 100 samples for the study were chosen using purposive sampling technique. Background factors of each sample were collected by structured interview schedule. The setting was at METAS of SDA Higher Secondary School, Ranchi. DAS Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale and Modified PSQI Scale were used. The data collected was edited, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted manually with the help of statistician. There was partially positive correlation between the level of internet addiction and the selected psychological problem such as feeling of depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness and low quality of sleep. The conclusion of the study was that most of the adolescents with internet addiction had psychological problems, majority of them were suffering with low quality of sleep, followed by feeling of loneliness, stress, depression and anxiety respectively. The implications, limitation, recommendation and conclusion were clearly spelt.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Psychological Problems ; Adolescents ; Internet ; Addiction ; Ranchi |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2017 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2017 16:16 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/3240 |
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