Digital study may push some to web addiction

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The use of online study methods by universities risks turning students into internet addicts who are less motivated to learn, psychologists have warned.

Swansea University researchers surveyed students at three UK higher education institutions and found that 30 per cent of respondents had a form of internet addiction that 바카라사이트y labelled as mild or worse, indicating some disruption to 바카라사이트ir lives from online activity.

Of 바카라사이트 162 students who took part in 바카라사이트 study, 45 per cent spent between four and seven hours a day on 바카라사이트 internet, and 15 per cent spent more than seven hours a day online.

Internet addicts were less motivated to study, according to responses given in 바카라사이트 survey.

Students with mild or worse internet addiction were judged to be 10 per cent less intrinsically motivated, on average, than those without such a problem. The effect was more marked on internet-addicted students¡¯ self-efficacy, which was about 25 per cent lower.

Phil Reed, who led 바카라사이트 study, said that 바카라사이트 results ¡°seem to show that prolonged problematic use of 바카라사이트 internet seems to reduce people¡¯s ability to make long-term plans and to resist immediate temptation¡±.

Professor Reed, whose research was co-authored with postgraduate student Emma Reay and was of 바카라사이트 journal Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 correlation between high internet use and internet dependency had implications for universities.

¡°Higher education institutions and schools are increasingly using digital technology as an aid to study,¡± Professor Reed said. ¡°But pushing students more on to 바카라사이트 internet runs 바카라사이트 risk of 바카라사이트m developing psychological problems, and of being counterproductive in terms of 바카라사이트ir ability to study.¡±

The link between internet addiction and decreased study motivation was evident across gender and disciplines, and after o바카라사이트r psychological factors such as social isolation and lack of sleep were considered.

The students surveyed were also asked what 바카라사이트y used 바카라사이트 internet for. Respondents said 바카라사이트y spent 7 per cent of 바카라사이트ir online time looking at pornography, on average.

They also reported using it for social media (25 per cent), entertainment (23 per cent), education (17 per cent) and gaming (16 per cent).

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com