The prevalence of internet addiction and depression: A study between Tamilnadu and Kerala college students

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Raja Lakshmi and Nandha Kumara Pujam (Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu)

Internet has become an integral part of our life for the past one decade. In India use of internet is massive among students. There is growing concern about whether internet usage is excessive and does it leads to addiction. Furthermore prevalence study of Internet Addiction is need of the hour. The present study is to find out the prevalence of Internet Addiction and its associated depression in college students of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In this study 200 college students from Kerala and Tamil Nadu were randomly selected. They were assessed for internet addiction and depression using the measures Internet Addiction Test and Beck Depression Inventory. This was a cross sectional study and the analysis include mean, standard deviation, percentage and ‘t’. Results show that 9% of college students of Tamil Nadu and 12% of college students of Kerala have depression associated with internet addiction.