Burden of internet addiction, social anxiety and social phobia among University students, India

Jaiswal, Abhishek; Manchanda, Shubham; Gautam, Vaishali; Goel, Akhil Dhanesh; Aneja, Jitender; Raghav, Pankaja

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_360_20

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“…Most of the included studies investigated the prevalence with a Y-IAT cut-off score of 50 in which the highest and lowest prevalence for moderate and severe addiction were reported at 48.2%, 7.4% and 39.5%, 0.3%, respectively. 19 38 51 57 The gender prevalence for IA has also been identified to have an in-depth understanding. A relative proportion of males (n=5442) and females (n=5902) were found in 28 studies.…”

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Prevalence of internet addiction among college students in the Indian setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Joseph

Varghese

et al. 2021

Gen Psych

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BackgroundThe internet is an integral part of everyone’s life. College going adolescents are highly vulnerable to the misuse of the internet.AimsTo estimate the pooled prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among college students in India.MethodsLiterature databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Google Scholar) were searched for studies assessing IA using the Young Internet Addiction Test (Y-IAT) among adolescents from India, published in the English language up to December 2020. We included studies from 2010 to 2020 as this is the marked era of momentum in wireless internet connectivity in India. The methodological quality of each study was scored, and data were extracted from the published reports. Pooled prevalence was estimated using the fixed-effects model. Publication bias was evaluated using Egger’s test and visual inspection of the symmetry in funnel plots.ResultsFifty studies conducted in 19 states of India estimated the prevalence of IA and the overall prevalence of IA as 19.9% (95% CI: 19.3% to 20.5%) and 40.7% (95% CI: 38.7% to 42.8%) based on the Y-IAT cut-off scores of 50 and 40, respectively. The estimated prevalence of severe IA was significantly higher in the Y-IAT cut-off points of 70 than 80 (12.7% (95% CI: 11.2% to 14.3%) vs 4.6% (95% CI: 4.1% to 5.2%)). The sampling method and quality of included studies had a significant effect on the estimation of prevalence in which studies using non-probability sampling and low risk of bias (total quality score ≥7) reported lower prevalence. The overall quality of evidence was rated as ‘moderate’ based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation criteria.ConclusionsOur nationally representative data suggest that about 20% to 40% of college students in India are at risk for IA. There is a need for further research in the reconsideration of Y-IAT cut-off points among Indian college students.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020219511.

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Prevalence of internet addiction among college students in the Indian setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Joseph

Varghese

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Gen Psych

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“…This may lead people to ignore real-life communications [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]. In addition, excessive addiction to the Internet can also trigger people’s depression, anxiety, and emotional impulsivity, resulting in a poor psychological state and even social phobias [ 12 , 13 ]. This may also cause people to reduce their interpersonal interactions.…”

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Does the Internet Bring People Closer Together or Further Apart? The Impact of Internet Usage on Interpersonal Communications

Ning

Xia

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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The complementarity interference (CI) model suggests that the Internet may either inhibit or facilitate interpersonal communications. This paper empirically examines the impact of Internet usage on interpersonal interactions, using a micro dataset from China to answer whether the Internet brings people closer together or further apart. The empirical results demonstrate, first, that Internet usage significantly increases both the time and frequency of people’s communications with their family and friends, rather than causing them to feel more disconnected and isolated. Holding other factors constant, for each one-standard-deviation increase in Internet usage, weekly communications with family members increases by an average of 102.150 min, while there is an average increase of 54.838 min in interactions with friends. These findings as to its positive effects are robust when using other regression models and interpersonal contact measures, as well as the instrumental variable method. Second, Internet usage also contributes to decreased loneliness; it exerts this effect primarily by improving people’s interactions with their family members. However, communications with friends do not significantly mediate such impacts. Third, the positive role of Internet usage on communications is more prominent for people with more frequent online socialization and self-presentation, better online skills, younger age, higher educational level, and who are living in urban areas. In addition, the beneficial effects of Internet usage are larger for communications with family members in the case of migrants. Therefore, in the context of the rapid development of information technology, the network infrastructure should be improved to make better use of the Internet to facilitate interpersonal communications and promote people’s wellness.

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“…A study was conducted among university students in India to identify the burden of internet addiction, social anxiety, and social phobia revealed that more than 90% students are addicted to Internet and more than one-third of the participants had social anxiety. 14 With the above findings, it is evident that there exists some kind of social phobia when students are exposed in community. As we work in health profession, it is always necessary to maintain a good relationship with our colleagues and patients for which these kind of fear needs to be overcome.…”

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Prevalence of Social Phobia among Adults in a Selected Setting

Dsouza

Lobo

Saji

et al. 2022

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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Social phobia is an irrational fear that is caused during certain social situations. It is a specific response of a person to a social situation that disturbs normal functioning. Social phobia is a very interesting topic and many researchers have conducted various studies on this in the recent years. Therefore, a descriptive study was planned with the objective to determine the prevalence of social phobia among adults. The findings of the study can be useful in identifying the severity of social phobia and in finding the association of it among adults with demographic variables. The study outcome revealed that 10.08% had severe social phobia.

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Burden of internet addiction, social anxiety and social phobia among University students, India

Cited by 46 publications

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Prevalence of internet addiction among college students in the Indian setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of internet addiction among college students in the Indian setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Does the Internet Bring People Closer Together or Further Apart? The Impact of Internet Usage on Interpersonal Communications

Prevalence of Social Phobia among Adults in a Selected Setting

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