Open AccessPrevalence and Psychological Intervention of Internet and Smart Phone Addiction
Author(s) -
G.R. Archana,
P. Balaji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d1072.1284s419
Subject(s) - the internet , tamil , smart phone , psychology , addiction , psychological intervention , applied psychology , intervention (counseling) , phone , exploratory research , focus group , medical education , internet privacy , medicine , business , psychiatry , engineering , computer science , marketing , sociology , world wide web , telecommunications , philosophy , linguistics , anthropology
This empirical research was aimed to explore the prevalence and psychological interventions of college youth towards internet and smart phone addiction in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu. This study was adopted exploratory research design to explore the perception of college youth towards their addiction of internet and smart phone in their day-to-day lives. This study was adopted survey method and structured questionnaire of 173 were collected from college students. The result indicates that college youth have higher addiction towards internet and cognitive confinement factor, laxness factor and usage supremacy factor are the major factors of internet usage among college students. The college youth are suggested to reduce the usage of internet and smartphone by giving focus to other physical activities. The college youth are suggested to have self-control and determination to use smart phone whenever there is actual need for appropriate usage