Introduction: Internet has become an essential part of our lives today, especially among the youth. The number of internet users in India crossed 205 million in October 2013.Although the Internet had revolutionized all spheres of life. The term “internet addiction” was introduced for the first time in 1996.College student are a group that may be particularly vulnerable to addiction, as they have largely unfettered, unsupervised access to the internet and independent control of their time.
Objective: Present study aimed to assess the prevalence of internet addiction, to determine the selected psychological parameters with internet addiction and to association between internet addiction and selected demographic variables.
Methods: Present study was conducted among 60 undergraduate courses students. Students who were selected through the Non probability type of convenient sampling technique Data regarding students’ internet Prevalence was collected through a self-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis.
Results: Study results have shown that mean and standard deviation for the range of internet addiction (IA) in present population is 10-89, depression 1-34 and in insomnia is 0-24. The mean score and standard deviation of IA is 40.1and 16, depression is 13.6 and 8.2 whereas of insomnia is 8.1and 5.33 respectively.
Conclusion: The internet is like a knife. You can kill a man with a knife or use it for cutting fruits and eating them. It is only an instrument and can be used for good or bad purposes, but the students using it excessively have the negative impact on the psychological health.
Sandeep Kumar Shandilya, Kapil Kumar Dhillon, Kirti Tiwari, Gaurav, Dipika Singh, Madhu Malini, Kalpana Yadav. The prevalence of internet addiction and its impact on psychological parameters among the undergraduate students. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2022;5(1):242-245. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2022.v5.i1d.257
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