The Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Learning Success in Adolescents

Abstract

Behare Bojaxhiu Huçaj, Sami Rexhepi

Objective: Adolescents were considered as the most users of social networks, where they are connected at any time and in any place without even missing them during school, without realizing that this phenomenon can lead to failure in life and their career. This was exactly the idea of this research. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to understand what is involved in the use of social networks adolescents in the municipality of Dragash and have created dependence on social networks, also to understand the relationship of social networks with school success in teens. Methods: The research is quantitative, answering the questions of the decryptive and differential method, while for data collection the IAD questionnaire was used (Kimberly S. Young, 1999) which aims to measure Internet dependence. Data processing and analysis were performed through the SPSS method version 22 [1]. Sample: The target group of this study are the students of the high school “Ruzhdi Berisha” in Dragash, consisting of 82 respondents, of which 56 are female and 26 male, belong to the ages 15, 16 and 17. Results: From the results of the research it is understood that adolescents are regular users of social networks. It has been found that 16-year-olds are more dependent on the Internet and social networks compared to 15- and 17-year-olds. 15-year-olds have a dependency of up to 53.66 with a standard deviation of 13.0, 16-year-olds have a dependency of 61.61 with a standard deviation of 13.9 and 17-year-olds have a dependency of 53.3 and a standard deviation of 13.11.

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