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| Published: March 31, 2023
Internet Addiction and Automatic Thoughts among Young Adults
Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.210.20231101
DOI: 10.25215/1101.210
ABSTRACT
India is a country of Youth and the development of any nation depends upon the talent the youth population carries. The parents and all stakeholders must inculcate the values and manners to make them resilient and mindful. The present study examines the relationship between Internet Addiction and Automatic Thought Processes among Young Adults. A total sample of 200 young adults was recruited and further equally divided into two groups based on gender. The data was collected from undergraduate young adults studying in arts, commerce, and science stream in various colleges of Hisar, Haryana. The tools used for the study were Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and Automatic Thought Questionnaire (ATQ). The findings of the study reveal that there is a positive correlation between internet addiction and automatic thoughts (Negative). It is concluded that internet addiction leads to negative thoughts and negative thoughts also trigger internet addiction.
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.
© 2023, Amit & Kumar, S.
Received: February 06, 2023; Revision Received: March 27, 2023; Accepted: March 31, 2023
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.210.20231101
10.25215/1101.210
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Published in Volume 11, Issue 1, January-March, 2023