Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students

This study evaluates the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance among students of eight Afghan universities. The differences between internet addiction in terms of gender was also identified. The survey/research method adopted the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) based on Youn...

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Main Authors: Hassan Rahnaward, Ghulami, Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid, Mohd Reza, Ibrahim, Ali, Hikmat, Hussein, Aziz
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Language:English
Published: International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 2018
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author Hassan Rahnaward, Ghulami
Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid
Mohd Reza, Ibrahim
Ali, Hikmat
Hussein, Aziz
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Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid
Mohd Reza, Ibrahim
Ali, Hikmat
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description This study evaluates the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance among students of eight Afghan universities. The differences between internet addiction in terms of gender was also identified. The survey/research method adopted the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) based on Young’s survey applied with some modifications. From 1000 distributed questionnaires only 976 participants (358 females, and 618 males) were responded completely. The descriptive analysis was used to identify the demographic characteristics of student’s Internet usage profile. The independents sample t-test was performed to determine the differences in the level of Internet addiction in terms of gender. Statistical significance was set at a value of p <0.01. Likewise, the correlation test was implemented to identify the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance, with referencing of sample. The results indicated that statistically there is a significant correlation among Internet addiction and academic performance. Results also indicated that statistically there were significant differences between Internet addictions in terms of demographic characteristics. This study suggests that future researchers need to work on large sample while conducting the related research. It emphasizes that students should concentrate more on their academic activities than spending time on unnecessary Internet surfing. Findings also revealed that, in Afghanistan the problem of Internet addiction is not a serious challenge, but this information should be disseminated among undergraduate university students to stop the indulgent in using the Internet.
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spelling ump-335002022-03-16T07:28:34Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33500/ Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students Hassan Rahnaward, Ghulami Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid Mohd Reza, Ibrahim Ali, Hikmat Hussein, Aziz HD28 Management. Industrial Management Q Science (General) T Technology (General) This study evaluates the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance among students of eight Afghan universities. The differences between internet addiction in terms of gender was also identified. The survey/research method adopted the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) based on Young’s survey applied with some modifications. From 1000 distributed questionnaires only 976 participants (358 females, and 618 males) were responded completely. The descriptive analysis was used to identify the demographic characteristics of student’s Internet usage profile. The independents sample t-test was performed to determine the differences in the level of Internet addiction in terms of gender. Statistical significance was set at a value of p <0.01. Likewise, the correlation test was implemented to identify the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance, with referencing of sample. The results indicated that statistically there is a significant correlation among Internet addiction and academic performance. Results also indicated that statistically there were significant differences between Internet addictions in terms of demographic characteristics. This study suggests that future researchers need to work on large sample while conducting the related research. It emphasizes that students should concentrate more on their academic activities than spending time on unnecessary Internet surfing. Findings also revealed that, in Afghanistan the problem of Internet addiction is not a serious challenge, but this information should be disseminated among undergraduate university students to stop the indulgent in using the Internet. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33500/1/Relationship%20between%20Internet%20addictions%20and%20academic%20performance%20among%20Afghan.pdf Hassan Rahnaward, Ghulami and Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid and Mohd Reza, Ibrahim and Ali, Hikmat and Hussein, Aziz (2018) Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, 1 (4). pp. 49-56. ISSN 2617-6548. (Published) https://doi.org/10.53894/ijirss.v1i4.10 https://doi.org/10.53894/ijirss.v1i4.10
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Q Science (General)
T Technology (General)
Hassan Rahnaward, Ghulami
Mohd Rashid, Ab Hamid
Mohd Reza, Ibrahim
Ali, Hikmat
Hussein, Aziz
Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title_full Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title_fullStr Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title_short Relationship between Internet addictions and academic performance among Afghan universities students
title_sort relationship between internet addictions and academic performance among afghan universities students
topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Q Science (General)
T Technology (General)
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