1MOT Student, Department of Occupational Therapy, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India
Online published on 3 April, 2018.
Nowadays young people are becoming more and more attach to the internet as a means of communicating, learning and seeking new challenges. Attaching to internet is” detaching” adolescent from humanity with consequent increased incidence of adolescent social skill behavior Problems. Adolescent is one of the most sensitive, decisive and determinant stages in human life.
Therefore a correlation study was carried out to see the relationship between internet addiction and social skill problem behavior dimensions(presentation skill, interaction skill, communication skill, social integration, attitude towards other children and adults).
A survey was carried out in Angels public school shahdra, New Delhi. Out of 100, 80 subjects were included on the basis of Internet addiction test score greater or equal to 50. Selected Subjects were assessed on Social skill problem behavior checklist.
In our study we found that there positive correlation between internet addiction and social skill problem behavior.
Concluded that adolescents who spend time more than 20hr/week on internet have social skill problem.
Internet Addiction test (IAT)
