Internet Addiction among Students: the Relation of Self-esteem and Depression
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Since problematic internet use has long been a matter of public concern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate prevalence of internet addiction and its relation with depression and self esteem. This study is descriptive correlation, 408 students (258 males and 150 females) were chosen by multi step cluster sampling. The tools of measurement were the Young internet addiction, coopersmith selfesteem and Beck depression questionnaires. The data were analyzed by ttest, regression by SPSS 11.5. The results showed that 40/7% of the students were addicted to the internet included 2.2% sever addicted and 38.5 moderate one. Both depression and self-steam were in relation with internet addiction so that the score of depression and self-esteem could anticipate the score of internet addiction to some extent. According to depression and self-esteem are two main causes and amplifiers of internet addiction, they should mainly be considered to recognize and treat in internet addiction
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