The Relationship between Internet Addiction and Anxiety among students of University of Sargodha
Musarrat Azher, Rashid Behram Khang, Muhammad Salim, Muhammad Bilal, Altaf Hussain, Mehvish Haseeb
Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate not only the prevalence of internet addiction among the male and
female students in the University of Sargodha but also the relationship between internet addiction and anxiety
level of students. There were 300 students, from Masters’ classes, as sample, selected through cluster sampling.
Internet Addiction Scale (I.A.S) and Beck Anxiety Scale were used as assessment tools for data collection. Data
was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, T-test and regression analysis. The results showed that prevalence
of internet is more in male students than female students. Regression analysis showed a positive and significant
relation between internet addiction and anxiety level among University students.
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