Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 1749) Last page : ( 1753)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02243.X

Depression among Senior Secondary School Students: Influence of Internet Addiction

Raji Navdeep Singh

Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Internet is acardinal part of our day to day life. Although it has numerous benefts but we can'tignoreits negative impact on the younger generation. The currentpaper studies the influence of internet addiction on depression among senior secondary school students in Ialandhar District of Punjab. The sample for the research consisted of 200 senior secondary school students. Personal Assessment Inventory and Internet Addiction Test were employed to collect the required data. The results indicates that depression and internet addictionof senior secondary school students are signifcantly related with each other Insignifcant difference exists between students with high internet addiction and low internet addiction in their depression. Boys and girls do not differ signifcantly on the variable of depression. Interaction effect of gender and internet addiction on depression of secondary school students is found to be signifcant. On the basis of results recommendation were given.

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