Impacts Due to Internet Addiction among Malaysian University Students

Azizah Zainudin, Marina Md. Din and Marini Othman

International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013, vol. 3, issue 9, 1922-1928

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to study the impacts due to Internet addiction among Malaysian university students. Research methodology used in this study was by distributing survey questions to 653 university students from five different universities in Malaysia. There were four possible impacts measured in this research study which include Academic Performances, Relationships, Personality and Lifestyle. The finding shows that, Internet addiction cause problems with respondents’ academic performances, having bad personality and practicing an unhealthy lifestyle. There were significantly differences in academic performances, personality and lifestyle between “Average user” and “Excessive user”. The above matter will be further discussed throughout this paper.

Keywords: Internet usage; Internet activities; Problems affected. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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