Survey of Internet Addiction among Paramedical Students of Islamic Azad University

Today, using internet in homes, schools, universities and libraries is growing but overuse and misuse of it will lead to internet addiction and will have negative consequences. This study is carried out with the intention of determining the rate of internet addiction among paramedical students of Islamic Azad University of Urmia.

This cross-sectional research, carried out in winter 1398 among students of Azad University of Urmia. 132 students of this center were selected randomly between paramedical students and were studied. Yang Internet Addiction Test was used for gathering information. SPSS application version 24 was used for analyzing data.

In this research between 132 paramedical students, 49 were boy and 83 were girl, the score obtained from Yang Test between 132 students under study was 4480 and the prevalence of Internet addiction among boys was higher than that of girls. According to this score, students of this center are among the normal users of internet and are not addicted but they are average 47.7 in term of internet dependency.

results of this research shows that students’ knowledge about internet addiction is not adequate and rate of internet dependency is moderate and if not managed and used excessively, it will not only be beneficial but also it will have negative consequences.