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Influence of Internet usage on Emotional Instability, Time Management and Academic Performance at Tertiary Level
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to identify the effects of Internet use on Emotional Instability, Time Management and Academic Performance of University Students. The nature of study was descriptive and falls in positivism paradigm for this survey method was used. For the purpose of data collection convenient sampling technique was used and questionnaire was adapted that developed by Dorji (2015).. Data was collected from two campuses of University of Education Lahore as Township Campus and Lower Mall Campus. The sample of study was 200 university students from different departments or divisions.. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for statistical analysis of data. Results showed that in the comparison of Internet use regarding emotional instability, time management and academic performance on the basis of gender, where male students face emotional instability than the female students, male students do not face emotional instability than female, male students do not well in academics than female Also, the finding revealed that effect of Internet use was weak correlated with emotional instability, time management and academic performance of university students. The recommendations of the study are research studies would be more interesting if the study was to conducted in more depth with other variables. Same kind of study was conducted with large sample size of respondents and also on other students of different universities of Lahore.381-389
Authors
Dr. Fayyaz Ahmad
Ranjha, Education Officer, School Education Department, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Shakeela Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum Development & Instructions, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Shaheen Pasha
Assistant Professor, Chairperson, Department of Special Education, University of Education , Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Academic Performance, Emotional Instability, Internet Use, Time Management
