College Students’ Internet Addiction against Emotional Reasoning

Abstract

The internet has influenced people in many means via smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers. The present study aims to examine college students’ addiction to the internet and their emotions due to the addiction. Researcher employed a survey method to measure internet addiction and emotional reasoning. Two scales, namely Chens’ Internet Addiction Scale and GnaWi’s Emotional Reasoning Scale, were used to gather data for the attempt. The sample of the study consisted of 820 college students studying in the arts and science colleges of the Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The results of the study shows that males possess more internet addiction and emotional reasoning than their counterparts. Also, the students studying in co-education colleges have high internet addiction and emotional reasoning than students studying in women’s colleges. It is recommended for reducing internet addiction and emotional reasoning, cognitive behaviour therapy may be practiced.