A Study of Internet Addiction of Students Studying in Secondary and Higher Secondary School

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to study the internet addiction of students studying in secondary and higher secondary school. In this study 120 boys and girls studying in secondary and higher secondary schools from Rajkot district were selected as samples. For its measurement, Internet Addiction Scale was developed Yung (2015) to measure Internet Addiction among students. Here F – test was applied to see the differences of mean score of Internet Addiction between boys and girls students with secondary and higher secondary school. The results of the study show that there is a significant difference in the impact of internet addiction in boys and girls. (F- 13.37) There is a significant difference in the effect of internet addiction of students studying in secondary and higher secondary school. (F- 9.36) There is no significant difference in the effect of internet addiction among boys and girls studying in secondary and higher secondary school. (F- 2.45)