Mental Well-being and Internet Addiction: Insights from Medical Undergraduates.

Background: Internet addiction is when people spend too much time on the internet and can't stop is now recognized as a major public health concern issue throughout globally. Aim & Objective: To examine how medical students now utilize the internet and how it affects their mental health. Settings an...

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Publicado en:Indian Journal of Community Health Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 688 - 694
Autores principales: Kumar, Devendra, Sharma, Mukesh, Bhatt, Bhumika, Tiwari, Nitin, Goyal, Ankita, Yadav, Chandramani
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Publicado: Indian Journal of Community Health Sep/Oct2025
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          Kumar, Devendra
          Sharma, Mukesh
          Bhatt, Bhumika
          Tiwari, Nitin
          Goyal, Ankita
          Yadav, Chandramani
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          Psychological Well-Being Evaluation
          Internet Addiction Complications
          Students, Medical Psychosocial Factors
          Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors
          Internet Utilization
          Risk Assessment
          Depression Risk Factors
          Anxiety Risk Factors
          Stress, Psychological Risk Factors
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Random Sample
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Compulsive Behavior Evaluation
          Psychological Tests
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Correlational Studies
          Association (Research)
          Schools, Medical
          India
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Prevalence
          Internet Addiction Epidemiology
          Mental Health Evaluation
          Self Report
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: Internet addiction is when people spend too much time on the internet and can't stop is now recognized as a major public health concern issue throughout globally. Aim & Objective: To examine how medical students now utilize the internet and how it affects their mental health. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional research was done among 300 medical undergraduate students who were chosen at random from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and final year. Material & Methods: Internet Addiction Test (IAT) served as the instrument to assess online compulsive use and DASS-21 scale to look at how depressed, anxious and stressed students were. Spearman's rank correlation test was used to assess correlation among depression, anxiety, stress & internet addiction. Results: The scatter plot showed a significant positive association among depression as well as internet use, a strong favourable relationship among internet use as well as anxiety and a weak favourable relationship among internet use as well as stress. Conclusion: Early identification, awareness programs and promotion of healthy digital habits are essential to safeguard mental well-being and academic performance in this vulnerable population.
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