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| Published: December 28, 2021
College Students Perceived Stress and Internet Addiction during the Covid-19 Pandemic
M.Sc. Student, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Department of Psychology, Bangalore, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
Asst. Professor, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Department of Psychology, Bangalore, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.141.20210904
DOI: 10.25215/0904.141
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to assess the relationship between perceived stress and internet addiction among college students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The participants of the study include college students of different courses that were selected using purposive sampling. The sample includes a total of 90 students. Responses were gathered with the help of a Google form via an online survey. The tools used include the Internet Addiction Test and the Perceived Stress Scale. Pearson’s correlation was used in the present study. Findings suggest that, a majority of the college students experienced mild levels of stress and internet addiction during the course of the pandemic. A significant relationship between college students perceived stress and internet addiction was found.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, D’Cunha A & Vijayan D
Received: September 02, 2021; Revision Received: December 10, 2021; Accepted: December 28, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.141.20210904
10.25215/0904.141
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 4, October- December, 2021