| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to determine the description of internet addiction in students
of the Faculty of Psychology, University of North Sumatra. The research method
used in this research is descriptive quantitative. There were 349 students who were
the subjects of this study. Subjects were determined using non-probability sampling
and purposive sampling techniques. The measurement tool used is the Internet
Addiction Test (IAT) scale by Young (1998) and the internet addiction impact scale
compiled by researchers based on the six negative impacts of internet addiction
namely nomophobia, fear of missing out (FoMO), social interaction disorder,
phubbing, procrastination and health problems. Descriptive analysis yielded a mean
of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. The results of this study indicated that there
were 196 (56%) students who experienced mild Internet addiction, 140 (40%)
experienced moderate addiction and 140 (40%) experienced severe addiction. 13
(4%) students. The negative impact that has the highest frequency on the mild level
of internet addiction is fear of missing out (FoMO), namely 102 (52%) students,
then the negative impact that has the highest frequency on the moderate level of
internet addiction is nomophobia, namely 76 (54%) and the negative impact those
with the highest frequency of severe internet addiction were fear of missing out
(FoMO), phubbing and health problems as many as 8 (62%) students. | en_US |
