Page No – 163-168
Shreya Nayyar and Bhupinder Singh
Barkatullah University, Bhopal
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Use of internet is rapidly increasing in the developing countries like India. Evidence
concerning the social and psychological effects of the internet is mixed. Present
study examined the effect of internet use on social participation and well-being
of users. A sample of 120 internet users selected from various cyber cafes,
organizations and houses in Rohtak, Gurgaon (Haryana) and Chandigarh, through
personal contact. Age of subjects ranged from 17 years to 32 years. To achieve
the objectives of the study an ex-post facto study design was used. First of all
internet addiction scale was administered to 120 internet users. The subjects
were divided in three groups viz, high addiction, moderate addiction and low
addiction on the basis of their scores on the test. The subjects in all the three
groups were then administered checklists for assessing the effect on social life
and well-being. The design for second phase of the study was a multigroup
design. In addition to the elementary statistics i.e. mean, standard deviation
(SD), the data were analyzed following inferential statistical tests i.e. t-test and
one way analyses of variance. Duncan’s post-hoc test was used for group
comparisons. Results revealed that internet use has significant adverse effect
on social participation and well-being of the users
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