Open AccessA study on Internet addiction and its relation to psychopathology and self-esteem among college students
Author(s) -
Manish Kumar,
Anwesha Mondal
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_61_17
Subject(s) - the internet , addiction , psychology , anxiety , psychopathology , self esteem , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , social anxiety , checklist , mood , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science , cognitive psychology
Internet use is one of the most important tools of our present-day society whose impact is felt on college students such as increased use of Internet. It brings change in mood, an inability to control the amount of time spent with the Internet, withdrawal symptoms when not engaged, a diminishing social life, and adverse work or academic consequences, and it also affects self-esteem of the students.