A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS STUDYING IN A SELECTED COLLEGE OF NURSING, IMPHAL

The world has become village due to development in IT-sector. Internet now a necessity in peoples daily life irrespective of gender, class and status. Student community specially spent time on browsing, social networking, gaming, online-shopping etc. etc. and they are easily diverted from the focus of their studies which may leads into adverse effect on the academic performances and other activities.So, its now necessary to make them understand especially the students to aware more on internet savvy.Cross-sectional research design used with 150 students by using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using Structured Knowledge Questionnaire and 3-Point Likert Scale and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.In 150 respondents, majority of 68 (45.4%) had moderate knowledge, 47 (31.3%) inadequate knowledge and 35 (23.3%) adequate knowledge. Overall mean score obtained 10.49-3.38 (Mean-SD) and mean score average 58.3% of knowledge regarding internet addiction.Among 150 respondents, majority of 123 (82.0%) had moderately favourable attitudes whereas 20 (13.3%) and 7 (4.7%) were favourable and unfavourable attitudes, indicates that more acceptability towards internet addiction. Overall mean score obtained 39.26-5.39 (Mean SD) and mean score average 65.4% of attitudes regarding internet addiction.