Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Demographic Characteristics among Allameh Tabataba'i University Students

Sadat Ahmadi, Hoda; Zadehmuhammadi, Fatemeh; Ma&#039;soumbeigi, Mahdieh; Sohrabi, Faramarz

Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Demographic Characteristics among Allameh Tabataba'i University Students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hoda Sadat Ahmadi ¹

Fatemeh Zadehmuhammadi ²

Mahdieh Ma'soumbeigi ²

Faramarz Sohrabi ³

¹ . PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University e-mail: hs_ ahmadi @ yahoo.com

² . MA Holder, Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University

³ . Faculty Member, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the prevalence of Internet addiction and its relationship with age, sex and education level among Allameh Tabataba'i University students. For this purpose, 667 students who were internet users were selected by available sampling and took Young's Internet Addiction Test. 0.9 percent of the population were addicted to internet while 14.5 percent were at risk. The results showed that the prevalence of Internet addiction among Allameh Tabataba'i University students is minimal compared to other available statistics. Moreover, the results of the meaningful test showed that the prevalence of Internet addiction in females and BA students is higher than males and MA students. Negative correlation between age and prevalence of Internet addiction also existed, but this relationship was not significant.

Keywords

Internet addiction

prevalence

at risk

demographic characteristics

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