Prevalence of excessive internet use and its association with psychological distress among university students in South India | Zendy

Nitin Anand | Zendy; Praveen Jain | Zendy; Santosh Prabhu | Zendy; Christofer Thomas | Zendy; Aneesh Bhat | Zendy; P. V. Prathyusha | Zendy; Shrinivasa Undaru Bhat | Zendy; Kimberly Young | Zendy; Anish V. Cherian | Zendy

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Prevalence of excessive internet use and its association with psychological distress among university students in South India

Author(s) -

Nitin Anand,

Praveen Jain,

Santosh Prabhu,

Christofer Thomas,

Aneesh Bhat,

P. V. Prathyusha,

Shrinivasa Undaru Bhat,

Kimberly Young,

Anish V. Cherian

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

industrial psychiatry journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0976-2795

pISSN - 0972-6748

DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_28_18

Subject(s) - the internet , addiction , psychological distress , psychology , distress , competence (human resources) , clinical psychology , demography , mental health , psychiatry , social psychology , world wide web , computer science , sociology

Excessive internet use, psychological distress, and its inter-relationship among university students can impact their academic progress, scholastic competence, career goals, and extracurricular interests. Thus, a need exists to evaluate the addictive internet use among university students.

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