Academic Achievement and Use of Internet among Undergraduate Students Mishra Prabha1, Pandey Manoj Kumar2,*, Sengar K. S.3, Shukla Aradhana4 1Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, PGIBAMS, Raipur, C.G. 2Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, PGIBAMS, Raipur, C.G. 3Additional Professor, Deptt. of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Rachi, Jharkhand 4Professor, Deptt. of Psychology, Kumaun University, Almora, Uttarakhand *Corresponding Author: Dr Manoj Kumar Pandey Email: manojpandey813@gmail.com
Online published on 24 February, 2020. Abstract The internet surfing and use of social media is now days becoming a problematic behaviour in all age group people. Especially youngsters are passing good amount of time on social media/chatting, surfing and hardly getting any fruitful outcomes. Such behaviour in adolescent and adults is gradually leading to addictive pattern of behaviour causing behavioural alteration, irritability, anxiety, depression and many more behavioural issues. Hence, it is becoming a new challenge for the professionals, and community as well. The present study was aimed to see the impact of problematic internet use on academic achievement in undergraduate students. This study was conducted in a sample of 480 participants attaining their education in four streams of education, i.e., medical, engineering, management and non-professional in different institutions/colleges/university of Raipur, C. G., India. Online Cognition Scale was used to measure problematic internet use and academic achievement was measured by Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of either last semester or year of examination as well as by Adult Education Achievement Test. Study was conducted using 2x2 factorial design, i.e., 2 levels of internet use (normal and problematic use) and 2 gender (male and female) to assess their main and combined impact on academic achievement. Along with descriptive statistics, Two Ways ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that internet use and gender had significant impact on both forms of academic achievements. Problematic internet users had scored significantly lower as compared to normal internet users. Top Keywords Internet Use, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Problematic Users, Mental Health. Top |