there is no significant difference between the level of internet addiction of males and females among undergraduate students of Kwara State Colleges of Education.

there is no significant difference between the level of internet addiction of males and females among undergraduate students of Kwara State Colleges of Education.

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The study investigated the influence of locus of control on internet addiction among undergraduate students in Kwara State. A descriptive survey design with one research question guided the study. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. The population comprises all full-time undergraduate students at Kwara State College of Education...

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... Two: there is no significant difference between the level of internet addiction of males and females among undergraduate students of Kwara State Colleges of Education. Table 5 reveals the result of Hypothesis 2, which stated that there is no significant difference between the level of internet addiction among male and female undergraduate students at Kwara State Colleges of Education. The result shown in Table 5 gives a t-calculated value of 1.610. ...
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... 5 reveals the result of Hypothesis 2, which stated that there is no significant difference between the level of internet addiction among male and female undergraduate students at Kwara State Colleges of Education. The result shown in Table 5 gives a t-calculated value of 1.610. The corresponding critical value is 1.96 at 0.05 levels of significance and 498 degrees of great freedom. ...

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