The Internet Addiction and its Relationship to Insomnia among tenth grades students in North A'Sharqiyah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

The study aims to recognize the relationship between internet addiction and insomnia among students of grade ten in Al-Sharqiya North Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The sample of the study consisted of 553 students, (292) of them are males while (261) are females who have been chosen randomly. The study instrument consisted of internet addiction’s scale as well as the scale of insomnia. The study shows that the percentage of students who are addicted to the Internet reached 8,9% whereas 22.1% of them have insomnia. There is a positive direct correlation and a statistical indication in (α≤0.05) between internet addiction and insomnia. Moreover, there are no differences, statistically, in the indication (α ≤ 0.05) between the group of internet addicts and the group of non-addicts regarding the level of insomnia in all dimensions except for the dimension of “starting sleep” which shows differences. There are no differences, statistically, in the indication (α ≤ 0.05) for the study sample’s estimations regarding the level of internet addiction in gender variable, except for the variable of conflict, which shows differences and is in favor of males.