The Relationship Between Social Anxiety And Internet Addiction Among Unimas Undergraduate Nursing Students
Introduction: With a steadily rising prevalence globally, social anxiety and internet addiction have emerged as major public health issues including among nursing students. Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of social anxiety, the prevalence of internet addiction...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2023
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| Summary: | Introduction: With a steadily rising prevalence globally, social anxiety and internet
addiction have emerged as major public health issues including among nursing students.
Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of social anxiety, the
prevalence of internet addiction and to determine the relationship between social anxiety
and internet addiction among UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students. Method: In this
study, a quantitative research, cross-sectional study and simple random sampling method
were implemented among 146 UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students to screen for
social anxiety using Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) and to screen for internet addiction
using Internet Addiction Test (IAT). The data was analyzed using Spearmen Correlation
of IBM SPSS version 26. Result: The majority of respondents were between the ages of
19 and 29 years old (M= 21.69, SD= 1.357). The mean prevalence of social anxiety was
34.41 and the standard deviation was 13.864 (M= 34.41, SD= 13.864) while the mean
prevalence of internet addiction is 36.76, and the standard deviation is 16.783 (M = 36.76,
SD = 16.783). The study found that the relationship between social anxiety and internet
addiction were weak correlated yet positively correlated (rs = 0.456, p = 0.0001).
Conclusion: The UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students have a significant prevalence
of social anxiety and almost half of the students had an addiction to the internet and there
was a weak positive correlation between social anxiety and internet addiction. These
findings offer baseline information for preventive measures of getting social anxiety and
internet addiction that can be used for nursing department. |
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