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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 6(3), pp. 90–96, May, 2018. DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2018.027 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
Internet Addiction among
School going Adolescents in Pokhara, Western Nepal
Internet
addiction is growing as a major problem globally, especially among the
adolescence and though it has many benefits it has also impacted on
their psychological, social, academic, occupational and overall
functioning, yet has been rarely explored adequately in developing
countries. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to
assess the prevalence of internet addiction and its associated factors
among adolescents in Pokhara-Lekhnath Metropolitan City, Western Nepal,
using a local secondary school students as the study population.
Non-probability, purposive sampling technique was adopted and the
adolescents studying in grade 10 were selected as study sample with the
sample size of 102.Data was collected using self-administered
questionnaire, a standard tool i.e. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was
used. The findings showed greater proportions (64.7%) of adolescents had
mild and 8.8% had moderate internet addiction even though there was no
severe addiction this is very higher prevalence than reported by several
studies in other countries. There was significant association of
internet addiction with the purpose of internet use (p=
0.004).Accessibility and availability of Internet use is constantly
growing in Nepal also. Hence, there is need to raise awareness about
internet addiction among adolescents at school, family and community
level in order to prevent future consequences. Cite This Article As: Banstola RS, Adhikari M, Bastola N (2018). Internet Addiction among School going Adolescents in Pokhara, Western Nepal. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 6(3) 90-96
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