Internet Addiction and Pornography Consumption as Correlates of Students’ Psychological Wellbeing

Abstract

The study examined internet addiction and pornography consumption as correlates of students’ psychological wellbeing. A total of three hundred and sixty-one (361) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Students served as participants in the study. They were selected using random sampling techniques. The participants consist of one hundred and seventy-two (47.6%) females and one hundred and eighty-nine (52.4%) males with their ages ranging from 16-23 years (M= 20years, SD= 1.85). Self-rated measures that include the Psychological Well-Being (RPWS) Scale, Short Version of Internet Addiction Test, and Pornography Consumption Inventory (1992) were completed by the participants to generate data for the study.  The result of the Pearson product-moment correlation test showed that both internet addiction and pornographic consumption had significant negative correlation with psychological wellbeing, r (359) = -.637, p < .05 and r(359) = -.570, p < .05 respectively. The two hypotheses were confirmed and thus implicated internet addiction and pornographic consumption as factors with a negative relationship with the psychological wellbeing of undergraduates. Based on the findings of this study, practical recommendations were made.