Internet Addiction Disorder and Its Impact on the Incidence of Psychological Well-being among Young Adults

Abstract

At its core, this study asks how Internet addiction relates to psychological well-being among young adults, with a deliberate eye on psychopathology. We sought more than a single metric. The aim is to illuminate the lived experience behind the data, exploring how compulsive Internet use may echo in mood, anxiety, and overall health in everyday life. The sample size of 150 was selected through random sampling. The Internet Addiction Inventory & Psychological Well-being Scale are tailor-made instruments, with sufficient reliability and validity. The correlation analysis indicates a moderately strong negative relationship between the two constructs: higher Internet addiction is associated with lower psychological well-being. The ANOVA results reinforced the model’s statistical significance. The statistical results were highly significant across all indicators, correlation, ANOVA, and regression coefficients, underscoring the reliability of the findings. The regression equation clearly showed that as internet addiction increases, psychological well-being systematically declines with each incremental rise in internet dependency, measurably eroding health outcomes.