A study for exploring the relationship of Internet Addiction with Self-Esteem and Locus of Control

ABSTRACT

Background: The present study based on Technology and Mental Health is an attempt to explore therelationship of Internet Addiction with Self-Esteem and Locus of Control. Previous research has showed alink between Internet Addiction and Self-Esteem that is if person has low Self-Esteem there are more likelyto be internet addict. In this study there is an attempt to test whether there is any relationship betweenInternet Addiction and Locus of Control and how Self-Esteem and Locus of Control are related.Methods: For this study 30 students of RD National College participated and answered scales of InternetAddiction Test (IAT) given by Dr. Kimberly Young, Rotter’s Locus of Control and Self Esteem scale byRosenberg. Thus, the following hypothesis has been formulated for the present study which is to study therelationship between Internet Addiction with Self-Esteem and Locus of Control. The appropriateinferential statistic to be used is One Way ANOVA as there are 2 IVs with 1 level each.Results: The results obtained are of the 30 students of R.D. National College who participated in thestudy. One way ANOVA for Internet Addiction and Self-Esteem was F-value of 1.745 (not significant).The obtained data had high self-esteem thus showing a negative relationship between Internet Addictionand Self-Esteem.Conclusion: The present study was validated by the previous researches which have stated that high scoreson Internet addiction are negatively related to high self-esteem.