Computer and internet has become a very popular means of communication in present days. Internet usage has the potential to develop and change the existing social structure of the nation. The essentiality of internet in certain course of study has increased the use of computer among students and makes them more susceptible to pathological use of internet. The present study was conducted to find association of internet addiction and psychosomatic symptoms among college students. A descriptive co-relational survey was conducted by using purposive sampling method and recruited 116 college students studying Bachelor of Computer Application. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used to assess level of internet addiction and depression, anxiety, stress scale (DASS-42) and somatic symptoms checklist was used to assess psychophysiological symptoms among students. Among 116 students, A large majority of subjects (51.72%) were between 17-19 year of age and 76 subjects (65.52%) were males and 40 (34.48%) were females participants. 5.17 % students experienced severe level of internet addiction. When the level of internet addiction was compared with socio-demographic variables of students. It shows that only medium of internet use (x2 = 8.10)* was significantly associated with internet addiction at 0.05 level of significance. The related findings enable us to be aware of the effects of internet usage, internet addiction tendency and associated psycho physiological symptoms. Students high in internet addiction are more vulnerable depression, anxiety, stresses and somatic complaints and psychologist and psychiatrist must be aware to suggest the appropriate therapeutic interventions timely.
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