Internet Addiction among Secondary School Students Conditioned By Gender and Age

Year 2021, , 228 - 233, 01.09.2021

Igor Lukić Nikola Savić , Ivana Vukosavljević Nevena Ranković Dragica Ranković

https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.911575

Abstract

Modern forms of addiction are present very much in adolescents today. Internet dependency is a form of addiction that manifests itself as an individual's state of affairs. The use of the Internet has become the most important activity in life in relation to other everyday tasks and activities, to this extent and in that way, to isolate him from other social activities and to bring harmful consequences both to himself and to his family and the environment. Characteristic cases in adolescents that occur are insomnia, family disagreements, delays in school, or the absence and neglect of school obligations, nervousness, fatigue, physical changes such as neglecting personal hygiene, weight loss or other obesity, and etc. The number of Internet users and their addicts is growing every day. With this research, we want to determine whether it depends on gender and age and to what extent does it exist among high school students.

Keywords

internet addiction, Addictions, Gender, Age

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