Influence of Internet Addiction in Sleep Quality among University Students During Covid-19

COVID-19 has made a great impact on the life of human beings. India along with the whole world is fighting to destroy COVID-19 from the whole universe. COVID-19 not only made changes in affected people but also a lot in the day-to-day routines of others too. Sleep is one of our basic needs in our life. Life without sleep is similar to a day without sun. Internet is one of the other factors which become more popular in the COVID era. The Internet has a basic ability to bring people into its magnetic field so to find its effect on sleep quality among university students, 199 participants were selected by the method of convenient sampling. Students from inside and outside of India have participated in the study but most of them are from Kerala. Data collection was done by sending google forms which consist of three sections. In the first section socio-demographic data was collected in the second and third section The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Young’s Internet Addiction Test was insisted to complete. Frequencies, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s correlation, and Student’s t-test were analyzed. Results state that there is a positive correlation between low sleep quality and internet addiction at 0.01 level significant also study states that gender do not have a role in sleep quality (The t value for internet addiction is .108) and internet addiction (The t value for internet addiction is .890) during COVID-19. The Internet has a great role in determining university student’s sleep and day-to-day routine. More studies are needed to know the factors behind internet addiction and sleep.