International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 6
First page : ( 362) Last page : ( 370)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

A study of loneliness in relation to internet addiction among adolescents

Dr. Gill Deepak Singh

Principal, Mata Gurdev Kaur Memorial Educational Institute, Bareta, Punjab, India

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

In the present scenario of changing social structures, social values, industrialization, and globalization, feeling of loneliness is becoming a serious problem among adolescents due to which they tend to use more internet, hence leading themselves towards internet addiction. The present study was conducted to examine the association between loneliness and internet addiction among adolescents studying in Senior Secondary schools. The sample of the study involved 200 adolescents (males = 100, females = 100) between the age range of 15 and 18 years. Loneliness was assessed by Loneliness Scale (Dr. Anjali Arora, 2008) and Internet Addiction was measured by Internet Addiction Test (Dr. Kimberley Young, 1998). The data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and independent sample t-test. The results showed that there was significant positive relationship between loneliness and internet addiction. The results also showed that there were gender differences on variable of loneliness and internet addiction which indicates that girls were significantly higher on loneliness than boys; and boys were significantly more addicted towards internet than girls. The study suggest the different kind of strategies for reducing the feeling of loneliness and avoiding internet addiction; so as to prevent their negative impact on adolescents.

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Keywords

Adolescents, Loneliness, Internet Addiction.

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