Open AccessPrevalence 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,
A. Bhat,
Parthipulli Vasuki Prathyusha,
Shrinivasa Undaru Bhat,
Kimberly Young,
Anish V. Cherian
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/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 , mental health , psychiatry , social psychology , world wide web , computer science
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.