• Ms. Mahima Agarwal
• Dr. K. Ramachandran

Information technology has added a burden to the transition of college students from adolescence to adulthood along with the academic and peer pressure. Internet addiction with limited rational control of time and content has aggravated the stress level among college students. At the same time, it has created social/interpersonal distance in them and grossly affected their social support system. Internet use is turning out to be a way to cope with the effect of stressors arising from poor interpersonal relations. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of internet addiction on interpersonal relationships among college-going students. The research was organized on a sample of 200 college-going pupils (n=200) from various colleges within the age range of 17-25 years. The variables were studied using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Young (1996) and interpersonal relationship inventory (Tilden, Nelson, and May 1990). The t-test and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The outcomes of this study reveal that interpersonal relationships are negatively predicted by internet addiction. It was further revealed that there is a significant gender difference existing in the case of both internet addiction and interpersonal relationships. The findings of this study support the results of some previous studies stating that individuals with excessive internet use are prone to having weak interpersonal relations with family and peers.

Internet addiction; interpersonal relationships; youth; students; problematic internet use

"Influence of Internet Addiction on Interpersonal Relationships Among College Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.g38-g41, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203608.pdf

"Influence of Internet Addiction on Interpersonal Relationships Among College Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppg38-g41, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203608.pdf