A Study on Online Addictive Behaviour and Academic Stress among Students during Covid-19 with Special Reference of Mysore City

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic has had an impact on a variety of facets of daily life. One of them is people using the internet more and more, particularly social media. Those who use the internet frequently run the risk of developing an addiction to it. In this study, the stress levels and internet usage of college students were investigated. This study employed a quantitative correlational technique based on surveys. The study's sample size comprised college students from the State University of Malang. The Online Addiction Test and the Perceived Stress Scale-10 modified for COVID-19 were used in this study to measure the stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic and internet addiction, respectively. Data analysis was done using product moment correlations. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of stress, exhibited a strong connection (r = 0.333; p 0.0001) with internet addiction in college students. This implies that those who are more anxious about the COVID-19 outbreak are more likely to develop an online addiction.