Radhika Srivastava, Anju L. Singh
Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi
Trayambak Tiwari
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Pages:147-158
Internet is one of the most popular networks in the world. It also helps college students
in their academics as well as social interaction. However, excessive internet use can
lead to poor well-being and quality of life. The present study aims to find out the
relationship between internet addiction, sleep quality and quality of life among female
college going students. 120 undergraduate and post-graduate female college students
of Varanasi district with age range 18 to 24 years were recruited for the present study.
The results shows that there exists a strong positive correlation among internet addiction,
overall sleep quality and dimensions of sleep quality which shows that as the participant
becomes more addicted to internet, there is more deterioration in sleep quality. Further,
there exists a strong negative correlation between internet addiction and dimensions of
quality of life indicating that students with higher internet addiction are more likely to
have poor physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environmental
health dimensions of quality of life. Hence, it is essential to develop strategies for
prevention of internet addiction for promoting good sleep quality and quality of life of
female college students.