Open AccessPattern of Internet use among professionals in India: Critical look at a surprising survey result
Author(s) -
Sandeep Grover,
Kaustav Chakraborty,
Debasish Basu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.90338
Subject(s) - the internet , addiction , everyday life , psychology , sample (material) , medicine , internet privacy , psychiatry , computer science , world wide web , political science , chemistry , chromatography , law
To study the pattern of Internet use across people of various professions who have access to it; the impact of Internet use on their personal, social, and occupational life; and to evaluate their Internet use on the International Classification of Diseases-Tenth Revision (ICD-10) dependence criteria and Young's Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire (IADQ).