Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 6

Internet addiction and its association with the perceived psychological status and interpersonal relationship.

Variables	Internet addiction		x^2	value
	Average user n (%)	Possible addict n (%)
Perceived stress
Presence	75 (74.2)	26 (25.8)	1.202	0.273
Absence	166 (68.3)	77 (31.7)
Perceived depression
Presence	9 (52.9)	8 (47.1)	2.498	0.114
Absence	232 (70.9)	95 (29.1)
Perceived self-esteem
Low	71 (70.3)	30 (29.7)	0.114	0.736
High	170 (70.0)	73 (30.0)
Relationship with parents
Wonderful	175 (77.4)	51 (22.6)	19.254	<0.001
Good	40 (61.5)	25 (38.5)
Satisfactory	26 (49.1)	27 (50.9)
Parental control over Internet use
Not at all	69 (81.2)	16 (18.8)	15.487	<0.001
Sometimes	134 (71.7)	53 (28.3)
Often/almost always	38 (52.8)	34 (47.2)
Relationship with teachers
Wonderful	82 (75.9)	26 (24.1)	5.950	0.054
Good	100 (71.9)	39 (28.1)
Satisfactory	55 (59.1)	38 (39.2)
Relationship with peer
Wonderful	81 (73.6)	29 (26.4)	2.227	0.328
Good	109 (70.8)	45 (29.2)
Satisfactory	51 (63.8)	29 (36.3)
Perceived level of self-control
Not at all	30 (68.2)	14 (31.8)	1.072	0.585
Sometimes	121 (68.4)	56 (31.6)
Often/almost always	90 (73.2)	33 (26.8)
Perceived loneliness
Not at all	43 (82.7)	9 (17.3)	15.381	<0.001
Sometimes	143 (74.1)	50 (25.9)
Often/almost always	55 (55.6)	44 (44.4)

Statistical significance at .