Internet addiction in university medical students

Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

“…On assessment of the purpose of internet use among the surveyed medical students, social media comes first followed by news, scientific research, entertainment, checking an e-mail, playing games, and finally shopping. Several studies are consistent with our findings [15,22] , even though Nath et al [23] found that 86.7% of the surveyed medical students were using the internet mainly for nonacademic purposes (social networking and downloading media).…”

Internet use among university students: A reason for concern?

“…This finding corresponds with studies among students in Greece, India, Iran and Mexico (cf. Khadzaei et al, 2017;Capetillo-Ventura & Juárez-Treviño, 2015;Kawa & Shafi, 2015;Tsimtsiou et al, 2015;Kalaitzaki & Birtchnell, 2014;Salehi et al, 2014). The present study flagged a relatively high prevalence of two constructs of PIU, namely 'escape from problems' and 'loss of control'.…”

The Relationship Between Internet Addiction, Loneliness and Sleep Quality Among Students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

“…Currently, Internet is a key element in telecommunications, education, commerce, and entertainment, which is globally available. This system is widely used for searching information, financial exchange, and online communications (1). According to the International Telecommunication Union, there are over two billion Internet users (2).…”

“…Some researchers investigating Internet addiction have focused on high-risk individuals, especially university students (1). The factors leading to Internet addiction among students include specific features of the Internet, internal needs and motivation, sense of disability, and compulsion to use the Internet, as well as environmental factors, such as lack of support by the administrative system and organizations, inefficient social system, and culture change (5,7).…”