Study of pathological Internet use, behavior and attitudes among students population at Technical Faculty Bor, University of Belgrade

Niculović, Milica; Živković, Dragana; Manasijević, Dragan; Štrbac, Nada

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.020

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2014

Niculović, Milica
Živković, Dragana
Manasijević, Dragan
Štrbac, Nada

Elsevier

Computers in Human Behavior

English

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‘‘Pathological Internet use’’ (PIU) has been defined as Internet use which causes a specified number of symptoms, including mood-altering use of the Internet, failure to fulfill major role obligations, guilt, and craving. The current study deals with PIU in order to describe disturbed patterns of Internet use, behavior and attitudes among students population of the Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade. It surveyed students – Internet users, a population which is considered to be a high risk for pathological Internet use. It was obtained that 6% of the total number of respondents reported no symptoms, 46.4% of respondents reported limited symptoms of addiction, while 47.6% of respondents reported pathological symptoms. Factor analysis was applied to identify main constructs of Internet behavior and attitudes scale used in the present study. Further, the differences in Internet behavior and attitudes between the genders were studied using Mann–Whitney U test, while Kruskal–Wallis H test was applied to study differences between three groups of students with different degree of pathological Internet use. Obtained results reveal that the strongest differences between pathological users and others students exist in respect to the relationship and personality issues.

Internet addiction, Pathological Internet use, Internet behavior and attitudes scale

DOI

10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.020

ISSN

0747-5632

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https://repozitorijum.tfbor.bg.ac.rs/handle/...

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dc.creator	Niculović, Milica
dc.creator	Živković, Dragana
dc.creator	Manasijević, Dragan
dc.creator	Štrbac, Nada
dc.title	Study of pathological Internet use, behavior and attitudes among students population at Technical Faculty Bor, University of Belgrade
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.identifier.issn	0747-5632
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.020
dc.type	article
dc.source	Computers in Human Behavior
dc.citation.volume	39
dc.citation.spage	78
dc.citation.epage	87
dc.language.iso	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dc.citation.rank	M21
dc.subject	Internet addiction
dc.subject	Pathological Internet use
dc.subject	Internet behavior and attitudes scale
dc.description.abstract	‘‘Pathological Internet use’’ (PIU) has been defined as Internet use which causes a specified number of symptoms, including mood-altering use of the Internet, failure to fulfill major role obligations, guilt, and craving. The current study deals with PIU in order to describe disturbed patterns of Internet use, behavior and attitudes among students population of the Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade. It surveyed students – Internet users, a population which is considered to be a high risk for pathological Internet use. It was obtained that 6% of the total number of respondents reported no symptoms, 46.4% of respondents reported limited symptoms of addiction, while 47.6% of respondents reported pathological symptoms. Factor analysis was applied to identify main constructs of Internet behavior and attitudes scale used in the present study. Further, the differences in Internet behavior and attitudes between the genders were studied using Mann–Whitney U test, while Kruskal–Wallis H test was applied to study differences between three groups of students with different degree of pathological Internet use. Obtained results reveal that the strongest differences between pathological users and others students exist in respect to the relationship and personality issues.
dc.rights.license	ARR
dc.rights.uri	https://repozitorijum.tfbor.bg.ac.rs/all-rights-reserved
dc.date.available	2023-12-25T22:00:19Z
dc.date.accessioned	2026-10-28T10:59:17Z
dc.description.provenance	Submitted by unknown submitter on 2023-12-25 22:27:23, with 0 file(s). Approved by Милица Ницуловић (mniculovic@tfbor.bg.ac.rs) on 2026-10-28T10:59:17Z.
dc.identifier.uri	https://repozitorijum.tfbor.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1047


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