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Compulsive Internet usage and social isolation among university students in Malaysia: Internet abuse

Toktam Namayandeh Joorabchi 1 * , Leila Davoudi Sani 2 , Mehdi Qorbanian Qohroudi 3
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1 The National University of Malaysia, bangi, MALAYSIA2 Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IRAN3 Islamic Azad university Tehran Science and Research, Tehran, IRAN* Corresponding Author
Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 8(1), February 2024, 13-21, https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/14245
Submitted: 31 July 2023, Published: 20 February 2024
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between Internet usage, social isolation, and Internet addiction among university students. The study used a quantitative method and questionnaires to measure the ‘problems of using the Internet’, ‘patterns of Internet usage’, ‘social isolation’, and ‘Internet addiction’. The study included 440 students from the University Putra Malaysia, chosen using a stratified random sampling method. The majority of the respondents were single (93.20%) and aged between 23 to 40 years old. The study found a significant relationship between ‘problems of using the Internet, social isolation, and Internet addiction’. However, there was no statistically significant relationship between the patterns of using the Internet and social isolation. The t-test result showed that no significant mean differences were found among marital status, field of study, social isolation, and Internet addiction. Implication of the study discussed.
Keywords: Internet usage, social isolation, Internet abuse, Internet addiction

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Namayandeh Joorabchi, T., Davoudi Sani, L., & Qorbanian Qohroudi, M. (2024). Compulsive Internet usage and social isolation among university students in Malaysia: Internet abuse. Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 8(1), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/14245

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