An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship among Internet Addiction, Emotional Instability, and Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Bangladesh
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These days, a high level of internet addiction negatively impacts students' activities, creates instability, and can lead to depression, poor time management, and lower academic performance. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the impact of internet addiction on students' academic performance and emotional instability. The emotional effects on academic performance were also analyzed. We conducted this study among 389 university students in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. We adopted the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique for analysis. We used Smart PLS 4.0 to analyze the data. Here, all hypotheses were accepted. The study found that internet addiction has negatively affected students’ academic performance and also has a positive relationship with emotional instability. This emotional instability has negatively affected academic performance. The results of this study will serve as guidelines for people such as students, teachers, parents, and universities. Teachers and universities can create a new policy for internet use. This study can remind parents to better supervise their children's online use by decreasing broadband allotment and monitoring. It can also alert students to the negative impacts of excessive internet use, so they should utilize it carefully for educational objectives.
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