Use of internet in relation to health and well-being among college students

Pages: 70-72
Ved Prakash Maurya (Clinical Psychology , GBU, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh )
Ashok Kumar Patel (Clinical Psychologist, Maharaja Bhagwati Prasad Singh Memorial District Hospiatl Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh)
Vibha Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, IHBAS, New Delhi New Delhi)

Use of internet facility has increased in resent few years. It has observed that mostly youngsters have been affected from recent development of information and communication technology either positively or negatively. Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between use of internet and health and well-being among college students. A total of 160 graduate and postgraduate students from various colleges and Universities of north India were participated in the study. Personal data seat consisting age, gender, education religion use of internet per week, etc fallowed by PGI health questionnaire and PGI well-being questionnaire were administered for the data collection. Results of the study reveals 41.3% students were on the border line of pathological use and 13.1% of the total populations are in danger john of use of internet. Study also reveals that excessive use of internet is an indicator of poor health and well being among college students.