1Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
2Supervisor, Director, Professor & Head Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
Online published on 20 September, 2019.
In this digital age, Internet revolution has substantially affected people's life. The internet dependency has both, a positive and a negative impact on people. For students, teaching and learning has become easier as compared to the earlier days because nowadays information is at their fingertips. Despite of all its benefits, internet addiction may negatively impact the students ’life in areas such as their emotional instability, depression and poor sociability.
To determine the effects of internet usage on the social competence among adolescents with regards to their gender.
A sample of 120 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years were selected in which 60 were boys and 60 were girls, with 30 internet addicted and 30 non-addicted in each group by using purposive sampling method. The Tools used for the study included the “Young Internet Addiction Scale” by K. Young (1998) and “Social Competence Scale” by Sharma and Rani 0 (2010). The results were statistically analyzed using the 2*2 ANOVA.
The results showed low level of social competence in adolescents with internet addiction than the non-addicted adolescents. However, there was no significant difference found in social competence with regards to their gender.
Internet Addiction, Social Competence, Adolescents
