International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018|ISSN 2454-6186 www.rsisinternational.org Page 333 Level of Internet Addiction Among University Students Z. S. Rabiah 1 , C. Azlini 2 , R. Normal 3 , Z.M. Lukman 4 , M.Y. Kamal 5 1,2,3,4,5 Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia Abstract— The main purpose of this study is to identify the level of internet addiction among university students. A self- administered questionnaire which consisted of demographic respondent and Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was employed. A total of 304 University students of Universiti Sultan ZaianlAbidin(UniSZA) have participated in this study. The data was analyzed using descriptive data. Descriptive data were reported as frequency and percentage to show the level internet addiction by UniSZA students. The result shows that the level of internet addiction among students of UniSZA is moderate and tend to be high. The paper concludes by giving suggestions the university should block all social network to enhance student participation in the class to policy makers and gives a future recommendation on the research area Keywords— Internet Addiction, Level of Internet Addiction, University Students, IAT I. INTRODUCTION nternet infusion has increased dramatically over the last few years due to the widespread growth in technology and internet creation[1]. The internet world is a borderless world, and the use of the internet is also being integrated as part of our daily lives among people especially early adolescents and adults [2]. The internet is now accessible faster in home, school, libraries, universities and internet cafés[3]. Laptops and smartphones with wireless internet software also become one of the tools to access the internet more faster and easier[4]. The Internet is an essential tool for people in this era of information technology and internet addiction is problematic to internet users, which forms a compulsive behavior affecting ordinary life [5]. There are various advantages of using the internet such as helping users to complete the homework, but the internet also brings a lot of adverse effects when the internet is abused and causes internet addiction [6]. Internet addiction is the same as an addiction to gambling, drugs, and alcohol [7][24]–[25]. The term internet addiction is just a joke in 1996 by Dr. Ivan Goldberg in online research, he discusses and noted that support groups should assist an internet addiction group. However, his "humorous joke" has attracted an extraordinary impression from people who show serious concerns about his definition of internet addiction as they take jokes as a serious explanation of the issues they face. He also realized that internet addicted person needed proper assistance [8]. In the same year, internet addiction is also presented by Dr. Kimberly Young as a new clinical disorder at the 27th annual meeting of the Association of Psychology 104 in United States, Toronto, Canada and used as a model definition of pathological gambling addiction of the Internet. Eight simple items diagnostic questionnaires are designed as a tool to inspect the changing criteria for pathological gambling [7]. II. LITERATURE REVIEW Internet addiction or web abused will be included in the book entitled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [9]. In other words, internet addiction has been written in the category of disorders of the soul. Internet addiction is also similar to other habits such as suffering from addiction or continued interest in better software, faster machine, and other, logging off that is out of the world of the internet will cause pain and severe discomfort and negative social relationships, because internet users prefer to associate with intangible thing on the internet[21]–[23]. Based on the above, journals can be deduced that internet addiction is the use of internet addictive the abnormal inflammatory that characterized the inability of the individual to control the time using the internet and [10] feel cyberspace is more interesting than real-life and disrupted social relationships. According to Lance Dodes in his book entitled "The Heart of Addiction" [11], there are two types of addiction, namely physical addiction as addicted to alcohol or cocaine addiction and non-physical such as addicted to online games or the Internet. Excessive internet use addiction called for addiction internet or internet addiction. Some experts give different views of reference in defining internet addiction, namely excessive internet use may cause excessive psychological problems. This means that some people find it difficult to do without the internet and the internet is his life. Internet addiction is very risky for the development of a persons life and the journey is still long. Internet addiction is a condition where an individual feels that a virtual world in computer screen more interesting than real life every day [12]. The definition of internet addiction is also an addictive behavior, including the interaction between man and machine without the use of drugs [13]. Internet addiction was defined by anxiety with the use of the internet, repetitive thoughts about limiting and controlling the use of the internet, failure to control the desire of access to the internet and continuous use of the internet[26]–[29]. Despite the impairments at various levels of functionality, spending gradually increases periods on the internet, seeking use of the I