Impacts Due to Internet Addiction among Malaysian University Students
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Internet usage, Internet activities, Problems affected.

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Zainudin, A. ., Md. Din, M. ., & Othman, M. . (2013). Impacts Due to Internet Addiction among Malaysian University Students. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3(9), 1922–1928. Retrieved from https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5007/article/view/2547

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to study the impacts due to Internet addiction among Malaysian university students. Research methodology used in this study was by distributing survey questions to 653 university students from five different universities in Malaysia. There were four possible impacts measured in this research study which include Academic Performances, Relationships, Personality and Lifestyle. The finding shows that, Internet addiction cause problems with respondents’ academic performances, having bad personality and practicing an unhealthy lifestyle. There were significantly differences in academic performances, personality and lifestyle between “Average user” and “Excessive user”. The above matter will be further discussed throughout this paper.

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