How lonely are the Internet Users?

被引：0

作者：

Khan, Khola Waheed ^{[1
]}

Ramzan, Musarat ^{[1
]}

Imran, Shezadi Sabah ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hlth Sci, Wah Med Coll, Dept Community Med, Lahore, Pakistan

来源：

RAWAL MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2016年 / 41卷 / 04期

关键词：

Internet; loneliness; addiction;

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中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Objectives: To find out the prevalence of internet addiction and loneliness and the relationship between internet addiction and loneliness among students of Wah Medical College. Methodology: A Correlational study was carried out on students of Wah Medical College. Sample size of 250 was calculated by using WHO sample size calculator with a population prevalence of 7.9%. Sample was selected by using simple random sampling technique. The questionnaires were distributed to the students to be filled by them. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: Out of 250, 177(70.8%) students had no internet addiction, 67(26.8%) had moderate internet addiction and 6(2.4%) had severe addiction. 121(48.4%) had loneliness while 129(51.6%) students had no loneliness. There was a positive correlation between internet addiction and loneliness with rs= 0.182 and p value of 0.046. Conclusion: Moderate internet addiction was found in our subjects and was positively correlated with loneliness.

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页码：480 / 482

页数：3

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