Open AccessA cross-sectional online survey of compulsive internet use and mental health of young adults in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Nizar Abdul Majeed Kutty,
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.128770
Subject(s) - likert scale , medicine , mental health , cross sectional study , the internet , general health questionnaire , marital status , scale (ratio) , addiction , demography , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , population , geography , cartography , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , world wide web , computer science
The last decade has seen the emergence of the internet as the prime communication medium changing the way people live and interact. Studies from various countries have reported on internet addiction and its association with mental health, but none have come from Malaysia.