Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 7 ~ Issue 5 (2019)pp.:08-12 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org Corresponding Author: Dr. Farzana Begum 8 | Page Research Paper Internet Use Behavior among Internet Addicted Teenagers Dr. Farzana Begum (Assistant professor, College of Nursing, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand) ABSTRACT:: Objective To assess the internet use behaviour among internet addicted teenagers. Methods Asurvey conducted on 1109teenagers, out of which 455 found internet addicted in selected schools of Mumbai. Data collected with Young’s Internet Addiction Test and analysed by frequency and percentage method. Results The study result shows that 41% teenagers had been suffering from internet addiction.As per the Young’s IAT, the five highest agreed upon internet use behaviour by the teenagers were sharing online activities with friends (62%), finding self-saying a few minutes more when online (55.3%), family members complaining about the child’s amount of time spend online (54%), feel that life without internet would be boring, empty and joyless (53.6%) and feel depressed, moody or nervous when offline, which goes away when online (51%) on the other hand the five lowest agreed upon internet use behaviour are feel preoccupied with the internet (39%), grade suffer (37.2%), neglecting daily activities to spend more time online and lose sleep due to late night log-in (37%), form new relationships with fellow online users (36.2%). It clearly indicates the reason why most teenagers addicted to internet. Conclusions Teenagersare vulnerable for internet addiction which affects their life to a greater extent. Keywords: Internet Use, Behavior, Internet Addicted, Teenagers Received 07 May 2019; Accepted 24 May, 2019 © the Author(S) 2019. Published With Open Access At www.Questjournals.Org I. INTRODUCTION: A global computer network,providing a variety of information and communication facilities under standardized protocol is called internet. Benefits of internet are enormous; however unwise use leads to obsession among all age groups thus many psychologists termed it as internet addiction. Similar to pathological gambling, it is also a non-chemical behavioral addiction due to maladaptive use of the internet. 1 A study revealed 51% Brazilian were online all day long, and 20% used internet more than ten times a day among them 53% internet users were between the ages of 16-35. Social networking attracts internet use in most of the countries. In Brazil 58% internet users spend their time on social networking sites. 2 Study conducted by NIMHANS revealed 73% of teenagers in Bangalore suffered from psychiatric distress among which children between age group of 13-15 years were addicted to video games and those between 15-17 years were to Facebook. 3 The terms normal internet usage and addictive usage are still controversial andunder study. Young’s Internet Addiction provides a framework to determine the 20 internet use behavior among the internet addicted teenagers. The present study conducted to find out the internet use behavior among internet addicted teenagers. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a survey conducted on 1109 high school students those were studying from class VII to X, from both the genders in selected schools of Mumbai. Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was administered to collect data which is a reliable tool with test–retest reliability coefficient .97 value consisting of 20-item questionnaire.Each answer is scored on a Likert scale from score 0=doesn’t apply, 1= rarely, 2= occasionally, 3= frequently, 4= often, and 5= always. The final score is obtained by summing the scores of all questions. The total score between 0-30 represents no addiction and above 30 represents addiction. Out of 1109students 455 were found internet addicted.