Sensation Seeking and Internet Addiction among College Students- users and non-users of Dating applications/sites
Keywords:
Internet addiction, Sensation Seeking, Online dating, College students, users and non usersAbstract
Internet is a boon and a bane, It facilitates mass and personal communications and has enhanced global
competitiveness, However its excessive, uncontrolled, and problematic use results in a condition called Internet
Addiction, One personality trait consistently found to determine internet addiction is sensation seeking which is also
found to be associated with the practices of online dating. Within this backdrop, this study aims to examine the
influence of levels of sensation seeking on internet addiction among college students-users and non-users of online
dating apps. Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS-V) and Internet addiction test was administered on 400 (200 male and
200 female) college students. The results revealed that levels of sensation seeking has a significant influence on
internet addiction and there is a significant interaction effect between levels of sensation seeking and online dating
on internet addiction among males and females, However no significant influence of online dating was found on
internet addiction.
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Copyright (c) 2021 Akshita Kaushik, Hansika Singhal (Author)
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