Self-Regulation among Young Adolescents Towards Internet Addiction

The present study is performed to examine and understand the impact of internet usage has on adolescents and how they can self-regulate it. In this work, we have highlighted the impact of demographic variables like age, gender, place of living, and parental education. For the study, 200 students were chosen as sample subjects; with their age ranging from 15 to 17 years. Internet Addiction test (IAT) developed by Young (1996) and self-regulation questionnaire (SRQ) devised by Brown, Miller and Lawendowski (1999) were used for data collection. In this study, a statistical analysis such as mean(M), standard deviation (SD), t-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied by using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) 20 version. We have found in our study that the age of the subject has a determining factor in self-regulation towards internet addiction. It is also found that the self-regulation regarding internet usage among students differ based on their place of livelihood. It is observed that the father’s educational qualification impacts the self-regulation ability to the internet usage among the sampled students. Whereas the mother’s educational qualification has an impact on the students problematic internet usage. The results have shown that the self-regulation and internet addiction to be negatively correlated.