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Impact of Internet Addiction on Social Intimacy and Lifestyle of Young Adults
... The original MSIS is a 17-item tool designed to assess intimacy in a variety of relationships such as friendships, family and spouse (Miller and Lefcourt, 1982). The Bangla version instrument comprises 14 items; 5 items to measure the frequency of intimate contacts and 9 items to assess the intensity of intimate relations (Nigar, 2012). Each of the items is rated on a 10-point scale, ranging from 1 (very rarely) to 10 (almost always). ...
... for a twomonth interval (Miller and Lefcourt, 1982). The psychometric properties of the Bangla version MSIS also support that it is a reliable and valid measure of social intimacy (Nigar, 2012). ...
... To our knowledge, only three studies with comparatively small sample sizes focused on IA in Bangladesh Nigar and Karim 2014;Shahnaz and Karim 2014) but none investigated IA in relation to psychological distress or its sociodemographic and behavioural determinants. The present paper, therefore, is the first of its kind in the context of Bangladeshi society. ...
A growing body of epidemiological literature suggests that problematic Internet use (PIU) is associated with a range of psychological health problems in adolescents and young adults. This study aimed to explore socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of PIU and examine its association with psychological distress. A total of 573 graduate students from Dhaka University of Bangladesh responded to a self-administered questionnaire that included internet addiction test (IAT), 12-items General Health Questionnaire and a set of socio-demographic and behavioural factors. The study found that nearly 24% of the participants displayed PIU on the IAT scale. The prevalence of PIU significantly varied depending on gender, socioeconomic status, smoking habit and physical activity (p < 0.05). The multiple regression analyses suggested that PIU is strongly associated with psychological distress regardless of all other explanatory variables (adjusted OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.57, 3.58). Further research is warranted to confirm this association by employing prospective study designs.
The present study aimed to investigate whether adult people's marital adjustment and mental health can be predicted by internet addiction in relation to stages of adulthood, and family structure. The study was conducted on 360 adult people whose ages ranged between 20 and 70 years. They were selected purposively from different areas of the Chittagong district in Bangladesh. The Bangla version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) (Sorcar and Rahman, 1989), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) (Ilyas 1986), and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (Karim and Nigar 2014) were used to measure mental health, marital adjustment and internet addiction of adult people. The present study's findings showed that people from early adulthood showed more internet addiction (F = 8.78, df = 2, p < .001) than in middle and late adulthood. People from nuclear families showed more internet addiction (t = 4.77, df = 358, p <.001) than the joint families. Findings also indicated a significant negative correlation between internet addiction and marital adjustment (r =-.46, p < .001); internet addiction and mental health (r =-.29, p <.001), and a positive correlation between marital adjustment and mental health (r = .39, p < .001). Finally, the results of regression analyses revealed that marital adjustment (β =.-.46, t-value =-9.92) and mental health (β =-.29, t-value =-5.72) were significant predictors of internet addiction.
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