Internet Addiction and Psychological Well-being among Youths of Rajkot District

Abstract

The purpose of present study was to find out correlation between the youths’ Internet Addiction and Psychological well-being. The said sample was 120 both males and females in equal numbers was selected through random sampling. Internet Addiction Inventory &Psychological well-being Inventory are tailor-made instruments, having sufficient reliability and validity. For the purpose of analysis, The Karl-Pearson ‘r’ technique was used. Present study reveals the result that there is no significant Negative correlation between the youths’ Internet Addiction and Psychological well-being. The authors suggest that there is a need to explore the rural and the urban youths’ correlation in the line of above study.