Internet Addictive Behaviours and Subjective Wellbeing among College Students

Abstract

Remarkable increase of internet use in recent many years has cultivated internet addictive practices, particularly in youthful grownups. In India, students using internet go through enormous distressing circumstances and are at a great risk. The aim of the present study was to study the subjective happiness of college students and their using of internet. The present study was conducted on five college students of Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh. The sample of the present study consists of 180 college students, energetically reported their responses on Internet Addiction Test and Subjective Happiness Scale respectively. Present study was descriptive in nature and different statistical methods were used like t test, chi square and analysis of variance. The results of the study revealed that 45.3% college students experiencing below average subjective happiness, 36.7% experiencing average happiness and 18% students had above average level. It was also found that 34.2% students had no internet addiction, 29.5% had mild level while as 36.3% had moderate level of internet addiction. The present study also revealed that students who had higher level of using internet possess low subjective happiness.