Abstract
This study examined the relationship of Internet addiction with computer anxiety
and loneliness. It was hypothesized that “Internet addiction would be negatively
related with computer anxiety and positively related with loneliness”. The
sample comprised of 66 private and public sector university students (30 males;
36 females) from Karachi with the mean age of 22.05. Through purposive
sampling only those student were selected who were Internet users and had
internet facility available at home. After taking consent, they were requested to
fill Respondent Profile Form followed by the administration of Compulsive
Internet Use Scale, Computer Anxiety Rating Scale, and Differential Loneliness
Scale- Short Student Version. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
indicated that Internet addiction had a significant negative relationship with
computer anxiety whereas non-significant positive relationship was found with
loneliness. It indicates that computer anxiety may restrict one to become an
Internet addict while loneliness doesn't seem to be a contributing factor for
internet addiction. No significant gender differences were found in all three
variables. However, computer anxiety was significantly higher in public sector
university students.
Sabahat Naseem, Nida Anwar , Seema Munaf. (2013) Internet Addiction: Its relationship with Computer Anxiety and Loneliness, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Volume 4, Volume 4.
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