Impacts of Internet Addiction among higher educational students in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh (India)

The concept of IA refers to the unwarranted use of internet which in turn causes a variety of problems in personage, social and professional aspects. According to the Internet World Stats, the internet users has grown from 5,00,000 to 4.83 billion from 1989 to June 2020 demonstrating an upward leaning in the number of digitally literate populace. In Indian scenario, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is ranked 2nd among the highest number 718 million users till June 2020 subsequent to the China. The aim of this research is to examine the level of addiction, impacts, prevalence and associated factors among higher educational students in Bilaspur districts-based Universities of Chhattisgarh (India). Out of 310 different socio-economic background professionals 142 (45.8%) HES were males and 168 (54.2%) were females. Mean age the subject was 21.46 (SD 2.41). The data was collected by “Personal Information Form included internet usage overview”, Young’s “Internet Addiction Test” and “Impact Scale of Internet Addiction”. The results of the research shows that the level of internet addiction amongst users IATs mean score turned out to be 66.40. Out of total, 75 (24.19%) respondents were found Severe Addicted, while 178 (57.41%) were Moderate or Possible Addicts and 55 (17.74%) were Mild or Average users. Out of 937, only 02 (0.64%) users were found Completely Safe or Addiction Free. The results of males with compared to females; of those spending times; social media friends; purpose; Smartphone’s usage; Antisocial behavior; tendencies; Psychological; Physical; Academic impacts have been found to be significantly. On these facts, further I stand also through light with on risk of addiction, preventive strategies and safeguard measures.