Internet Addiction and Academic Success Among Grade 9 Students of SVNHS MEME

INTERNET ADDICTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS OF SAN VICENTE

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
VELLY KING JASPER O. MARCELLONES

SHIEKA MIA S. EROY
LANDER R. MERTO
NICO A. ENAYA
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ELDEN D. ORBETA, PhD.

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SAN VICENTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Davao del Norte, Philippines 8105
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study to determine the significant relationship between
Internet Addiction and Academic Success among Grade-9 students of San Vicente
National High School. This research composed of 97 respondents who are in the
grade 9 level and has grades of English, Math, and Science.
In this study, employing descriptive correlation method, mean, standard
deviation and Person’s r as statistical tools. It was established that the Internet
addiction with a moderate descriptive equivalent level had no significant relationship
to their Academic Success.
However, Excessive Use that is an indicator of Internet Addiction has a
significant relation to the subject Math which is an indicator of the Academic Success.
Therefore, suggested that Department of Education, School administration especially
teachers should work together to create an interactive environment that can engage
the students to perform and excel in academic especially in the subject that involves
numbers and solving problems. Moreover, further studies are justified to address
some factors that excluded in this research.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers present their gratitude to our ALMIGHTY GOD for his great
mercifulness and bestowed blessings upon us. This Study would not have been
finished without the consolations, recommendations and help from numerous
individuals at various phases of this work.
The researchers offer their sincere thanks and wholehearted gratitude for the
heavenly help of the associated people who contributed their knowledge and time,
giving this study a great amount of improvement, without them this scholarly piece
would not be finished.
To Dr. Elden D. Orbeta, a very dynamic approachable and clever research
expert, who constantly gives his support and guidance to the researchers for the
realization of this research endeavor;
Special thanks are given to Mrs. Wenecen R. Caluban, Mrs Alma B. Picot, and Mrs
Ruby Montajes, the members of the advisory committee sharing their expertise and
for giving constructive criticisms for the betterment of these undertakings;
A warm appreciation to Ms. Marjorie Lambunao for her unconditional support
and exerting time in statistically checking, advising and criticizing; and our
acknowledgement will be incomplete if we will never include to mention our gratitude
to our special persons, our parents whose steady passionate help, monetary help,
support and for being a wellspring of motivation for us.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRELIMENARIES
PAGE
Title Page ……………………………………………………………………………... i

Disclaimer……………………………………………………………………………… ii
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………….. iii
Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………… iv
Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………….. vi
Chapter
I. INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study …………………………………………………………. 1
Research Objectives ……………………………………………………………… 4
Hypothesis …………………………………………………………………………. 5
Scope and Delimitation …………………………………………………………… 5
Review of Related Literature ……………………………………… …………….. 6
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework ………………………………............. 16
Significance of the Study …………………………………………………………. 18
Definition of Terms ………………………………………………………………… 19
II. METHODOLOGY
Research Design ………………………………………………………………….. 23
Research Subjects ………………………………………………………………... 23
Research Instrument ……………………………………………………………... 24
Data Gathering Procedure ……………………………………………………….. 25
Statistical Treatment of Data …………………………………………………….. 27
III. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS

Level of Result for Independent Variable ……………………………………… 29
Salience ………………………...…………………………………………... 30
Excessive Use………………………………………………………………. 32
Neglect Work ……………………………………………………………….. 34
Anticipation …………………………………………………………………. 36
Lack of Control………………………………………………………………. 38
Neglect Social Life …………………………………………………………. 40
Level of Results for Dependent Variable ………………………………………… 42
Level of Result according to Gender …………………………………………….. 44
Internet Addiction …………………………………………………………… 44
Academic Success …………………………………………………………. 46
Significance of the Relationship between the Variables ……………………….. 48
Domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the Academic Success …….
50
Regression ………………………………………………………………………….. 51
IV. DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION

Discussion …………………………………………………………………………. 53
Level of Result for Independent Variable ……………………………….... 53
Level of Results for Dependent Variable …………………………………. 54
Level of Result according to Gender………………………………………. 54
Significance of the Relationship between the Variables………………… 55
Domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the Academic Success 56
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………. 57
Recommendation …………………………………………………………………. 58
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………… 60
APPENDICES
Questionnaire……………………………………………………………………….. 66
Letter of the Conduct of Study ………………………………………………….... 67

Validation Letter …………………………………………………………………… 69
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
A new channel for communication, information sharing and networking has emerged
with the invention of internet. With extreme used of this new channel worldwide, it has
started to occupy not only social but also academic facets of student lives.
Respectively, learners, especially teenagers, are stated to spend a significant part of
their days on the Internet for many purposes (Ito, Horst, Bittanti, Boyd,
HerrStephenson, Lange, et al., 2008). Results of such use of the internet are generally
two-folded.
When someone is not on the web, he can have the feeling of upsetting such as misery,
vacancy, and many more. Similarly, few clients have light of compulsion regarding to
mental issue. Also, their physical and psychological health, occupational and social
life can be affected if some of them are using the internet in an extent level. This
concept of internet addiction was proposed by Goldberg 1995 (cited in Gonzales,
Gauttierez, Garrosa, & Bernardo, 2005). It is thought in Goldberg (1994) that web
enslavement or conduct reliance on the web as mental damage or social issue.
Particularly, one Asian nations report it as genuinely broad medical problem.
Liu (2007), delegate secretary-general of the Chinese Society of Juvenile Delinquency
Research, has been cited as saying "the developing number of youth beguiled by
unfortunate Web locales and grounds savagery has turned into an earnest social
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issue." Additionally, it is pronounced that 90 percent of teenage doing bad behaviors
in the city was related in the Internet (Sebag-Montefiore, 2005). The government in
South Korea, Japan, and China have set up training camps that can provide action to
manage internet habit regarding to the aftermath of those worries (Ransom, 2007).
Furthermore, China has issued a prevention on new Internet bistros to snap down on
Internet habit (Watts, 2007).
In the twentieth century, it has been accepted as maybe the greatest important
creation. The internet changes the way we interface with someone, accumulate and
disseminate data, work together, as well as express and engage ourselves, when it
changed the information and correspondence stream of each of us. However, the
internet has similarly ackowledged as an assistant to issues such as conjugal issues,
sex entertainment, and betting, which is one of its advantages. There seems the
same, particularly in Asian, for what has been called as "Web dependence," of all
accounts, to be an emerging apprehension (Caplan, 2002). Also, internet addiction is
defined as pathological internet use, characterized as a person's ineptitude to deal
with their utilization of the internet, which in the long run causes mental, social, school
as well as work troubles in an individual's life.
As presented by Akhter (2013), the research investigated various advantages of the
internet running from staying in contact with friends, making vacation plans,
overseeing accounts to helping with financial needs. Moreover, specially, it might
academically enable students to improve their abilities for powerful correspondence
and utilization of successful techniques (Mishra, Draus, Goreva, Leone, Caputo,
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2014). Likewise, it has been demonstrated in a few studies in literature that Internet
has positive effects on students' academic life as a guide to finish schoolwork all the
more adequately and proficiently (Borzekowski and Robinson, 2005; Jackson, et al.,
2006)
Furthermore, as introduced by Esen and Siyaz (2011), the greater part of the related
literature was invaded by studies led by college students and the adults. However,
internet is accounted to be utilized among young students more regularly (Öztürk,
Odabaşıoğlu, Eraslan, Genç ve Kalyoncu, 2007). The endeavors in Turkey contrasted
with the case the world over are not adequate in spite of the fact that these studies
started to be done in just the most recent decade in the literature (Serin, 2011).
In this regard, the researchers assert that problem in internet utilization plays a critical
effect in gender. Supporting this, few studies have revealed gender contrasts in
internet use (Akhter, 2013). This hypothesis additionally depends on the way that the
Internet over the world is utilize largely by the number of male compared to female.
Besides, it depends on a cultural point set forward by Tsai et al. (2009), that female
students are regularly regulated more oftentimes by their families than males
particularly in eastern cultures, which may bring about male's abnormal utilization of
the Internet.
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In the Philippines, the internet has been experiencing advancement since it was first
accessible in 1994. Nielsen's Inaugural Southeast Asia Digital Consumer Report
expressed that Internet cafés was recognized by 74% of those aged 15-19 as their
main point of Internet access. Like the remainder of the world, the Philippines has
grasped the Internet. Two out of three Filipinos use Internet social networks - the most
elevated entrance in the world and an accomplishment thinking about that solitary 29
percent of Filipinos have Internet access in their homes (Broadband Commission,
2012).
This rising number of Internet cafés in the Philippines particularly in Iligan City truly
influences the propensities and activities of the individuals particularly the students.
These Internet cafés give such a great amount of excitement to students in giving
Internet access to them. This Internet access helps students in various components.
It encourages them in associating with friends on the internet. It additionally
encourages them in making the most of their lives in playing games and watching
videos on the web. One thing is somewhat difficult to comprehend about Internet, it
has no effect on students' academic performance (Acut et al., 2016).
Likewise, in the study led in Davao City National High School, uncovered that the
Junior High School students utilized Facebook for making friends and chatting. Also,
dominant part of respondents experienced negative impact, for example, less study
time and because of the substantial interest via social media network. Moreover, there
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was a high addiction rate among students in the use of social media networks (Maitem
et., al. 2014)
Research Objectives
This study aims to determine the relationship between Internet addiction and
academic success among Grade 9 students in San Vicente National High School.
More specifically, it seeks to answer the following objectives:
1. To determine the level of internet addiction of student in terms of:
1.1 Salience
1.2 Excessive Use
1.3 Neglect Work
1.4 Anticipation
1.5 Lack of Control
1.6 Neglect Social Life
2. To measure the student’s academic success in terms of:
2.1 Grades
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2.1.1 English
2.1.2 Math
2.1.3 Science
3. To examine whether there is a significant relation between Internet Addiction and
Academic Success among Grade 9 students of San Vicente National High School,
Panabo City, Davao del Norte
4. To determine the level of Internet Addiction & Academic Success among Grade-9
students according to Gender
5. To determine which domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the
Academic Success
Hypothesis
H0: r = 0 There is no relationship between internet addiction and academic success.
H1: r ≠ 0 There is a significant relationship between internet addiction and academic
success.
Scope and Delimitation
This study was conducted at San Vicente National High School. Located at
Purok 2, San Vicente, Panabo City. The respondents of the study were the Grade 9
students of the said school. It was composed of ninety-seven students. The student
answered the standardized questionnaire that was administered to the researchers in
relation to their internet addiction. The questionnaire is composed of three indicators
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namely Salience, Excessive Use, Neglect Work, Anticipation, Lack of Control and
Neglect Social Life.
As the means of confidentiality, the researchers decided to make their names
optional. The study focused on how students perceive themselves about the internet
addiction and academic success. The researchers were given only one week to
conduct the study to get the result in the said school. However, the study was
conducted inside the school and did not cover anything outside from the area.
Review of Related Literature
Displayed in this area are the diverse ideas and thoughts of the authors and
organization that are relevant of this study.
The internet has turned into a basic piece in the life of students. Numerous
students utilized the internet essentially for activities, however, a numeral of students
turned through their time by visiting unacceptable sites, that is not related in education.
One issue identified with the utilization of information and communication technologies
is referred as internet addiction (Ahmadi et al. 2014).
Social networks, for example, Twitter and Facebook are one of the reasons
why individuals spend more time in the internet. Additionally, the quantity of social
networks has expanded. These are sites where adolescence spend more time and
can't monitor the time spent (Kaya 2011).
A study showed that academic success was controlled by how the students
use the internet, regardless of whether it is for educational purpose or not (Li et al.,
2014). The substantial use of the internet has revealed teenagers visiting chat rooms
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which came about them to keep awake until late thus influenced their concentration
and consideration in class that prompts the disintegration of their academic (Leung
and Lee, 2012). The studies on the impact of internet addiction on academic
performance have been reliably given an account of negative affiliations. At the end
of the day, if the students are dependent on the internet, their academic performance
diminished; their study habit declined, increased in non-appearance, and skipped
tests (Yeap et al., 2016).
One investigation led at a small private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
found that the more the extented the time utilized on the internet the lower the Grade
Point Average (GPA) of the students (Mishra et al., 2014). More often spent on the
internet by students are social networking system (SNS) and online gaming activity
and it presents the inability of the students to stay away from the abuse of the internet
(Livingstone & Helsper, 2010). The internet dependence additionally prompted
academic disappointment and negative outcomes to their school life (Chou, Condron
and Belland, 2005; Douglas et al., 2008).
Internet addiction is towering in the Philippines, as per both the Internet
Addiction Test (5%) and the Revised Chen Internet Addiction Scale (21%). Internet
addictive action is usual among teenagers in Asian Nations. Problematic Internet use
isis pervasive and described by hazardous digital practices. In the majority of the
nations, students invest more energy in the Internet during occasions than on school
days. Students from the Philippines have the longest and students from China have
the most limited length of Internet use on a normal school day (Mak et al., 2014).
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Another study by the Social Weather Station (SWS) in 2011 (Labucay, 2011)
reviewed 1,200 Filipinos and clustered Internet use into five categories: 1) social
networking (online social networking such as Facebook, Twitter); 2) information
seeking or learning (news, health information); 3) creativity and production (blogging,
share own photos, videos and stories); 4) entertainment and leisure (online games),
and 5) commercial activity (online purchasing). The reveals the outcomes uncover that
the vast majority of Filipino clients go on long range informal communication
destinations like Facebook and Friendster. A far second utilization of Internet is to
share photographs, recordings or work of art (44percent), and get news or data on
recent developments (40percent). Thirty-seven percent of Internet clients go online to
get general wellbeing data, and a similar rate play web based games. Around 28
percent go online to get news on touchy wellbeing subjects. Although educational, the
SWS concentrate used five general classifications dependent on a typology utilized
by an investigation in Britain
A study on Internet monitoring in the Philippines (Alampay and Hechanova,
2010) though the Philippines has no literature of self-regulation and internet it shows
that 65 percent of companies provide internet access to the employees. And also,
restriction of using online content and application are applied by more than half of the
organizations (58 percent). Specially, pornography (69 percent) and gaming (53
percent) are the sites that is blocked. In addition to the continuous monitoring, 20
percent conduct monitoring routinely. And the organization who used disciplinary
procedures for employees because of improper use of internet is almost half (45
percent)
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Lately, on the social media a popular trend that occupies fraction to these
factors. In the Philippines 7 million Facebook users are now online according to
Internet Society. This implies that rather than studying or revising their lesson they
tend to go online and spend more time on it. Thus, the student’s desire to learn is
greatly influences by the technology.
In this study, however, the cruelty of web addiction being delineated by an
individual, the examiner should contemplate alternative aspects of psychological
functioning exhibited by the person, significantly any co-morbid symptoms of chronic
impetuously, emotional disorder, or relative difficulties. The definition of Kimberly S.
Young’s multi-dimensional construct severity of web addiction was used. the general
severity of web addiction is that the connection of six distinct facets: saliency,
excessive use, neglect work, anticipation, lack of management, and neglect social life.
Salience of Internet
Salience shows the individual is engrossed with their actions on various levels,
in particular intellectually (their intuition rotates around their actions), emotionally (they
long for their substance/conduct), and typically (different practices, i.e., social
communications, are disregarded). Somebody dependent on the Internet may
continually consider whenever they are going to utilize the Internet, longing for signing
on to their preferred websites, and penance social collaborations for being on the web
(Kuss, Shorter, van Rooij, Griffiths and Schoenmakers, 2013).
In the investigation of (Zapulla et. al., 2014), Salience, as the capacity of web
to change contrarily individual's life, was anticipated decidedly by disposition
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connected to absence of control and by the view of low degree of familial passionate
association. In addition, they likewise uncovered that family full of feeling association
assumed a directing job in the connection between unstable absence of control and
striking nature of web, with the end goal that both at lower and more elevated levels
of absence of control, salience of internet would in general be lower when family
emotional inclusion was high and to be higher when family emotional contribution was
low.
Progressively significant to plan setting research, Mellon (2014) proposes that Google
Trends information could fill in as a reasonable proportion of total issue striking nature.
Taken together, amassing proof recommends that Google Trends can fill in as a
practical source and device for surveying and anticipating patterns.
Excessive Use of Internet
Problematic Internet enslavement or excessive Internet use is described by
extreme or ineffectively controlled distractions, inclinations, or actions concerning with
computer utilization and Internet access that lead to disability or distress. Few
therapists have contended that Internet compulsion ought to be incorporated into the
behavioral addiction range, since it demonstrates the highlights of over the top use in
spite of unfriendly outcomes, withdrawal wonders, and resilience that describe
numerous substance use issue; in any case, there are little information bearing on
these cases. It is not evident whether Internet addiction usually represents a
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manifestation of an underlying disorder, or is truly a discrete disease entity (Weinsten
& Lejoyeux, 2014).
Furthermore,Extravagant internet use is progressively normal issue in
Turkey.Web use in Turkey has expanded quickly and has turned into a significant
piece of day by day life. However, the progression of web innovation brings benefits,
yet additionally negative outcomes. Of these negative perspectives, extreme web use
is expanding drastically. Web habit is called dependence issue, obsessive web use,
over the top web use, and enthusiastic web use (Kim, 2008)
As indicated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the rising prevalence
and utilization of the Internet and electronic gadgets has likewise observed an
expanding clinical, research and media center around medical issues related with
extreme use.
Presently, the idea of “behavioural addiction associated with excessive use of
the Internet, computers, smartphones and similar electronic devices” is regularly
founded on key highlights of substance use disorder. Henceforth, one of the numerous
depictions of behavioral addictions is the accompanying: a compelling urge,
motivation or drive to more than once take part in an activity and a failure to diminish
or stop this action (loss of control) regardless of genuine pessimistic results to the
individual's physical, mental, social as well as budgetary prosperity.
In addition, the extravagant utilization of internet can incite the headway of a
couple of signs of web oppression and the results exhibit that people who had
addictive practices, began to dismiss their work and public exertion, to lose their
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balance and to substitute this present reality with the online space and acknowledge
that their life outside the net is unfilled and miserable.
Neglect Work in Internet
With the appearance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) gadgets
such as mobile phones, computer, satellite TV, smartphones, internet, with many
other devices, gross neglect use of libraries is extremely uncontrolled among Nigerian
students while an enormous utilization of the ICT gadgets is on the expansion. This
has prompted “Stereotyping” and “Xeroxing” of what should be a genuine scholarly
work as just a couple of students are viewed as active users of libraries (Bello, 2015).
It is additionally found that students these days spend restless evenings and
better part of day time in school on one ICT application or the other. For all intents and
purposes all classes of students have one ICT gadget or the other, like IPad, PC,
palmtop, desktop among others which are generally utilized for person to person
communication, such as WhatsApp, chatting, yahoo, and so on, to the degree that
when assignments are given, they would brows for the topic on the ICT, download
and duplicate for accommodation in verbatim.
While loaning belief to the mentioned above, Cull (2011) sets that while the
web is a book immersed world, reading on the web screens will in general be
altogether unique in relation to reading printed materials or writings. In his
investigation, he finds the impacts of technological, sociological, behavioral, and
neuro-scientific impacts that the internet has on the practice of reading.
Anticipation in Internet
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Internet addiction belongs to so-called behavioral addictions. It is a large time
period and it is occurred when the person has an unpleasant feeling when they do no
longer exercise that conduct and feels nicely only when they do. Their conduct motives
conflict with the different members of their social environment and dominates their
thoughts and actions. Although so a long way is now not included in any one of the
legit categories, so a long way in the textbooks of mental disorders, as it is a
enormously new structure of addiction, it is below assessment by means of the
scientific community (Aspridis et al, 2016; Koulouras, 2015).
Ivan Goldberg, a psychiatrist in New York, first used the term “Internet
addiction” in 1996 at the American Psychology Congress and it used to be spreading
rapidly, particularly among teens and younger people. According to Caplan and
Sadock, in order to discover the disorder, a set of standards must apply, such as
"staying online for extra and greater time, and even greater than the meant time,
failure to manage the upcoming sensation of agitation or depression, hazard of a
relationship or probability loss due to the use, lies in order to cover the true extent of
use, and ultimately use it, in order to manage the negative feelings" (Aspridis et al,
2016; Manouselis, 2015; Sfakianakis et al, 2012).
Internet has various uses. It can be amazing in the common use, for example
a frequent working environment, sometimes for entertainment, and additionally in
addiction, which is directly linked to the abuse of Internet and leads to the loss of
manage and the continuous use regardless of the consequences that would possibly
appear. Addictions of this kind are on-line relationships and computer dependancy
and records overload (Aspridis et al, 2016; Tsitsika, 2013).
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Lack of Control in Internet
Internet addiction, additionally described as pathological web use, is defined as
an individual’s inability to manage his or her use of the internet, which subsequently
motives psychological, social, school and/or work difficulties in a person’s life (Davis
2001; Young & Rogers, 1998).
The studies show that Internet addicts cannot control the time they spend on
the Internet, they spend extra time on the Internet than these humans who are no
longer Internet addicts, and there is a clear relationship between the time spent on the
Internet and Internet addiction (Cengizhan 2003; Günüç 2009).
However, cases of excessive use or over-use of the Internet has been allied to
mutilation in functional areas of social, academic, professional careers, and bodily
fitness (Young and Rogers, 1998; Anderson, 2001 and Beida, 2008). Everyday new
customers log onto the Internet and also more customers have problems of managing
the time spent on-line on day by day basis.
Numerous university students might also discover the tutorial ride very anxious
at the incidence of Internet dependency. Nevertheless, the dominant difficulty of
managerial difficulty is how to manage Internet dependency among pupil populace
and to decrease its influence on educational performance. Macan, Shahani, Dipboye
and Phillips (2013) opine that one conceivable coping approach frequently presented
by means of university counselling offerings is ‘time management’.
Time administration for college students can be one of the most vital and hard
skills to research all through college years. Lucier (2013) argues that with so an awful
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lot going on, having sturdy time management can every now and then seem
impossible. However, there is time management choices that can help college
students take control of their existence as a substitute of getting exhausted and in the
back of in academics. Time administration is aimed at managing the time you spend
doing matters that assist you gain your goals and the matters that you individually
priorities and value (Oxford Brookes University, 2012).
Neglect Social Life in Internet
As the fast development of the technological know-how and world-wide
enlargement of internet has remarkably expanded the people’s quality of existence by
using putting off all the obstacles across the world, the Internet has been considered
a blessing for the human society. It has grow to be a constant, essential source of
information and enjoyment among the people. Emails, blogs, social networks,
immediate messaging and message boards allow for each public and nameless
communication about any topics. Today, as a series of a variety of services and
resources, the Internet has come to be the most ever powerful device for human being.
Just as a popular saying goes, "Internet has introduced a globe in a single room, and
even the palm of one's hand (Shahnaz & Kahrim, 2014).
Although IA is presently now not formally diagnosed as a bona fide addiction
and terminological and conceptual conundrums still exist with regards to its legitimacy
(Griffiths, Kuss, Billieux, & Pontes, 2015; Pies, 2009; Starcevic, 2010, 2013; Starcevic
& Aboujaoude, 2016), a massive body of lookup suggests that IA can lead to impaired
psychosocial and physical health and damaging interpersonal effects (M’hiri et al.,
2015; Pontes, Kuss, et al., 2015).
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Notwithstanding the truth that conceptualization and definition of IA is no longer
absolutely consensual, a number of features have been advised as being section of
the journey related to IA. For instance, Starcevic (2010) cautioned that IA is regularly
described as “excessive or compulsive, along with preoccupation with and loss of
control over the Internet use” (p. 92), with extra points which include negative penalties
due to spending copious amount of time on the Internet, such as neglecting social
activities, relationships, fitness and work or school-related duties, and altering sleep
and ingesting habits in a detrimental way (Starcevic, 2010).
Earlier views on the subject matter defined IA as an ‘umbrella term’
encompassing five particular sub-types of IA. These 5 sub-types of IA were described
by means of (i) ‘cyber sexual addiction’ (i.e., compulsive use of person contents for
sexual purposes), (ii) ‘cyber-relationship addiction’ (i.e., over involvement in online
relationships), (iii) ‘net compulsions’ (i.e., obsessive on line gambling, shopping, or on
line trading), (iv) ‘information overload’ (i.e., compulsive net browsing or database
searches), and (v) ‘computer addiction’ (i.e., obsessive computer sport playing)
(Young, Pistner, O’Mara, & Buchanan, 1999). According to latest empirical lookup
(e.g., Griffiths & Szabo, 2014; Pontes, Szabo, & Griffiths, 2015), the idea of IA as an
‘umbrella term’ is problematic as it fails to take into account the center of attention of
the object of dependancy (e.g., gambling, video gaming, social networking, sex, work,
shopping, etc.)
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Theoretical Perspective
In this chapter, is the presentation of the different theories that relates to this
study that seek the relationship of Internet addiction and Academic success of Grade
9 students of San Vicente National High School. This present the Informational
Processing Theory, Time Displacement Theory, and Media Equation Theory.
Informational Processing Theory. The data handling model can likewise be
connected with the impacts of the internet use, by clarifying the procedure of
psychological improvement by means of the Internet through mental procedures, for
example, consideration, discernment, cognizance, memory, and problem-solving
(Johnson, 2006). It appears that expanded time spent occupied with Internet exercises
and assets may improve youth’s comprehension of school ideas, increment subjective
capacity, and help memory capacity (Li and Atkins, 2004). Moreover, increased
adolescent Internet use has been positively associated with compromised
psychological well-being (Caplan, 2002, 2003).
Time Displacement Theory. The time displacement hypothesis, which stems from
the decrease theories, accept that teenagers have a constrained measure of time
(Mutz, Roberts, & van Vuuren, 1993). In this way expanded measures of time in non-
educational utilization of the internet may prevent young people's academic
achievement. At the point when youths increment the time they spend online
participating in social as well as recreational exercises, time penances should be
made in different territories, for example, time spent on studying, reading, furthermore,
doing schoolwork (Neuman, 1991).
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This displacement may happen on the grounds that the internet, which engages
young people with animating pictures just as visual and sound-related impacts are
more alluring and quickly satisfying than are school-related exercises. Therefore,
utilizing the Internet will bring about the uprooting of academic activities, as TV once
did, and will, in the long run, lessening the juvenile's academic achievement (Aderson,
Huston, Schmitt, Linebarger, Wright, and Larson, 2001; Koshal, Koshal, and Gupta,
1996; Shejwal, and Purayidathil, 2006; Shin, 2004; Valkenburg and van der Voort,
1994).
Media Equations Theory. This theory recommends that the media is like reality and
the electronic media specifically, are given human instinct. This is based on the
equation, Reeves and Nass (1996) expressed that we react to the correspondences
media as if they alive. The investigation shows that introduction to online networking
affects students and the impact is negative. Informal communication media that are
as often as possible utilized and favored by students are Facebook, and it gives an
antagonistic impact on students' exhibition. This is since students invest more energy
with online networking and don't concentrate on their academics.
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Conceptual Framework
Internet Addiction Academic Success among

1.1 Salience Grade-9 Students
1.2 Excessive Use 2.1 Grades
1.3 Neglect Work 2.1.1 English
1.4 Anticipation 2.1.2 Math
1.5 Lack of Control 2.1.3 Science
Gender
Significance of the Study

The conclusions of this study were redounding to the interest of the
society considering that Internet Addiction assumes a significant role in the student's
academic success. The investigation was progressively visited by utilizing this new
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and renovated innovation for our day by day living. The following was the
beneficiaries of this study:
Department of Education. This study helped them to think for more ways on the
most proficient method to evaluate the students in regards to addiction to the
internet and how it influences the academic success of a student. The department
can utilize the knowledge and discover an innovative solution for the said issue.
School Administrator. The result of this study helped the school administrators in
managing the issues of the students as far as their learning and performance since
this research helped them to animate their comprehension and their performance.
Teachers. The study will guide the teachers on what to do with the students who
suffer from addiction to the internet and able to understand them. Through this
research, it can help them to design their lesson plans in an effective, creative and
interesting approach for the students who are involved.
Students. The results will help students discover their problems in dealing with
internet addiction as well as the factors affecting their academic performances. This
will also help them realize their study that studying is not easy so they will strive for
their improvements. This additionally helps the students' with animating their
perception regarding the internet addiction where they are not restricted to the
compelled instructive projects and resources.
Other Researchers. Other researchers may contribute to the study about Internet
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Addiction and Academic Success among Grade 9 Students in San Vicente National
High School. They can also study some various researches regarding the Issues of
Internet addiction dealing with their academic success.
Definition of Terms
Academic Success. Student success is defined as academic achievement,
engagement in educationally purposeful activities, satisfaction, acquisition of desired
knowledge, skills and competencies, persistence, attainment of educational
outcomes, and post-college performance (pareonline.net)
In this study, academic success means the degree to which a student, teacher
or institution has accomplished their short or long-term educational goals or then again
significant; noticeable quality.
Anticipation. A prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary).
In this study, anticipation means someone likely thinks about being online
when not at the computer and feels compelled to use the Internet when offline.
Excessive Use. Excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme
mean going beyond a normal limit. excessive implies an amount or degree too great
to be reasonable or acceptable. excessive punishment immoderate implies lack of
desirable or necessary restraint (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).
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In this study, excessive use means the engagement in excessive online
behavior and compulsive usage, and is intermittently unable to control time online that
someone hides from others.
Internet Addiction. A mental condition characterized by excessive use of the internet,
usually to the detriment of the user. Addiction is generally understood to be a mental
disorder involving compulsive behavior. When someone is constantly online, they may
be described as addicted to it. While it is recognized as a problem, professionals have
yet to agree on whether to recognize the term as a distinct form of addiction
In this study, internet addiction which is characterized by over the top or
ineffectively controlled distractions, inclinations or practices in regards to PC use and
web get to that lead to debilitation or misery.
Lack of Control. Loss of control generally refers to lack of the ability to provide
conscious limitation of impulses and behavior as a result of overwhelming emotion.
States of agitation such as fighting, screaming, and uncontrollable weeping are most
often thought of as behavior illustrative of loss of control (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).
In this study, lack of control means the trouble managing his or her online
time, frequently stays online longer than intended, and others may complain about the
amount of time he or she spends online.
Neglect Social Life. Neglect means to leave undone or unattended to especially
through carelessness (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Social life is the part of a
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person's time spent doing enjoyable things with others I joined the club to improve
my social life (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).
In this study, neglect social life means is where someone likely utilizes online
relationships to cope with situational problems and/or to reduce mental tension and
stress.
Neglect Work. Neglect is worse than ignoring something. It's ignoring it, failing to care
for it, and probably harming it in the process. The word neglect comes from the Latin
verb neglegere, which means "disregarded” (www.vocabulary.com)
In this study, neglect work means the view the Internet as a necessary
appliance akin to the television, microwave, or telephone.
Salience. The fact of being important to or connected with what is happening or being
discussed (dictionary.cambridge.org).
In this study, salience is the feeling of preoccupied with the Internet, hides the
behavior from others, and may display a loss of interest in other activities and/or
relationships only to prefer more solitary time online.
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Chapter II
METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, is the discussion of the method and procedure by which the
researchers were to conduct the investigation such as the design of the study,
respondents of the study, the instrument to be used, validation and administration of
the instrument, and the statistical treatment for the data that had been collected.
Research Design
This is a quantitative, a descriptive correlational research that investigates
whether there is any correlation between internet addiction and academic success of
grade 9 students According to Creswell (2012) correlational research design are used
in the correlation statistical test to describe and measure the relationship between two
or more variables. This also implies that the researchers in this research do not
attempt to control or manipulate the variables as in experiment; instead they relate
using the correlation statistics, two or more scores for each person.
Research Subject
In the selection of key respondents in our study, the researcher employed
simple random sampling and the respondents of the study were the grade 9 students
of San Vicente National High School, minimum of eighty-two students. They answered
the questionnaire that the researcher gave to them and answer it with honesty. The
answer of the respondents became the first step for the key of this study.
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The students of grade 9 are the most appropriate respondents for this study
due to its convenience. Students are the most users in today’s internet based on. The
impact of the Internet indicates on the academic refers to how Internet resources and
services helped students improve learning, search information to complete their task
and other projects. The academic performance or achievements are the results of the
study to see how far a student, teacher or institution has achieved their educational
goals (Ward et al., 1996).
Research Instrument
This research needs sufficient data and response to supplement the intent of
researchers to present ideas which are helpful to easily understand the problem. To
ensure a clear direction towards conducting the study, a set of questionnaire adapted
from Kimberly S. Young used in gathering data from the respondents which used in
determining and measuring the internet addiction experienced by the respondents.
This comprised of the following indicators: Salience of internet, Excessive use of
internet, Neglect work in internet, Anticipation in internet, Lack of control in internet,
Neglect social life in internet and it composes the total of 20 items. Aside from that,
the researchers will also be using cellphones, laptop, Internet connection and other
vital tools during the conduct of the study.
Data Gathering Procedure
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The researchers had allotted vigorous time, effort and cooperation in
developing their questionnaire so as to serve its intended respondents. The
questionnaire was created using suitable questions modified from related research.
The questionnaire was comprised of 6 indicators which were related to the
participant’s perception in relationship of internet addiction and academic success. In
the questionnaire, Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) will be used to measures mild,
moderate and severe level of Internet Addiction among respondents. To ensure the
reliability and suitability of the questionnaire to the respondents, it will be validated by
our validators.
After validation, copies will be distributed to the minimum of 82 respondents of
Grade 9 Students in San Vicente National High School. Participants will be given time
to respond and then the researchers collected the survey questionnaires the next
working day.
The data that gathered from this research instrument tallied and computed for
interpretation according to the frequency of items checked by the participants. Along
with primary data, the researchers also made use of secondary resources in the form
of published articles and literatures to support the survey results.
The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) scale consists of 20 items that measure Very high,
High, Moderate, Low and Very Low levels of Internet addiction. The responses for
each question/item ranged from 1 to 5 on the Likert scale:
This scale used in determining the level of Addiction to the internet among Grade 9
students in San Vicente National High School.
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Range of Means Description Meaning
4.20 - 5.00 Very high This means that the

Internet Addiction are
always manifested
3.40 - 4.19 High This means that the

frequently manifested all
the time
2.60 - 3.39 Moderate This means that the

sometimes manifested all
the time.
1.80 - 2.59 Low This means that the

seldom manifested all the
time.
1.00 - 1.79 Very Low his means that the Internet

Addiction are not
manifested all the time.
To determine the academic performance of the respondents, the DepEd Order

No. 8 series of 2015 entitled policy guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to
12 Basic Education program was adopted to interpret the grades obtained by the
students and its description
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Range of Grades Description Meaning
90%-above Outstanding This means that the

student performed in the
class outstandingly
85%-89% Very Satisfactory This means that the

student performed to class
proficiently
80%-84% Satisfactory This means that the

class with approaching
proficiently
75%-79 Fairly Satisfactory This means that the

class with developing
mastery
74%-below Did not meet expectation This means that the

class with beginning level
of mastery
Statistical Treatment
The data will be computed using the following statistical tools:
Mean. This tool will be used to provide basis in the descriptions of internet addiction
and academic success among grade 9 students of San Vicente National High
School. The "average" number; found by adding all data points and dividing by the
number of data points (www.khanachademy.org)
Pearson’s Product – Moment Correlation. This will be used to determine the level
of relationship existing between language learning anxiety and oral performance. It
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is a measure of the strength of a linear association between two variables and is
denoted by r (statistics.laerd.com).
Regression. Used when the study involves modelling and analyzing several
variables, where the relationship includes a dependent variable and one or more
independent variables (researchmethodology.net)
Standard Deviation. It will be used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion
of a set of data values. Standard deviation measures the spread of a data
distribution. It measures the typical distance between each data point and the mean
(www.khanacademy.org)
T-test. used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of
two groups, which may be related in certain features (invetsopedia.com)
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Chapter III
Presentation and Analysis of Findings
In this section, the responses of San Vicente National High School Grade 9
students on Internet addiction and academic success are presented and discussed.
In the last chapter of the study, the sub-topics was identified and now the focus in the
sequence of the discussion. The study wanted answers in particular to the following
problems. The level of Internet addiction of grade 9 students in San Vicente National
High School; to measure the academic success of the respondent in terms of grades
(English, Science and Math); the level of Internet Addiction and Academic Success
among Grade 9 students according to Gender; the significance of the relationship
between two variables; and to determine which domain of Internet addiction that
significantly influences the Academic Success.
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Level of Internet addiction among Grade 9
Students of San Vicente National High School
The Internet addiction involved in the study is describe in terms of Salience,
Excessive use, Neglect work, Anticipation, Lack of Control and Neglect social life.
These may be an influence to the academic success of the Grade 9 students. The
data on every indicator for internet addiction were discussed and it could be
highlighted that the standard deviation in most tables is less than 1.0 which is the
typical deviation for a 5-point likert scale according to Wittink and Bayer (1994) which
means that the ratings obtained in this study are very close to the mean, indicating
consistency of responses.
Salience. Found in table 1 are the data for this internet addiction. As presented in the
table, the overall mean is 3.09 or moderate. It means that the respondents have
perceived internet addiction to be frequently manifested. The overall mean determines
that they experienced this extent use of internet regularly since they acknowledged
for their effort exerted. Also, it indicates that the respondent likely feels preoccupied
with the Internet, hides the behavior from others, and may display a loss of interest in
other activities and/or relationships only to prefer more solitary time online.
The data show that there are 5 statements under salience. The first statement
I often block out disturbing thoughts about my life with peaceful thoughts of the Internet
has a mean of 3.41 with a descriptive equivalent of high which implies that this is
frequently manifested all the time. However, the second statement I often fear that my
life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and joyless gathered a mean of 3.30
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along with a descriptive equivalent of moderate which means that this is sometimes
manifested all the time by the respondents. Likely, the third statement I often fear that
my life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and joyless got a mean of 2.96
together with a moderate descriptive equivalent which indicates that the respondents
are sometimes manifested this all the time. Similarly, garnering a mean of 2.88 and a
descriptive equivalent of moderate, respondents from the statement I often feel
worried with the Internet when offline, or fantasize about being online are sometimes
manifested this all the time. Lastly, I often choose to spend more time online over
going out with others statement are sometimes manifested all the time by the
respondents which corresponds a mean of 2.86 and a descriptive equivalent of
moderate.
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Table 1
Level of Internet Addiction of Grade 9 Students Perceive by
Respondents as Determine by Salience
Mean Standard Descriptive
ITEMS Deviation Equivalent
1. I often block out disturbing thoughts 3.41 1.17 High

about my life with peaceful thoughts of
the Internet.
2. I often fear that my life without the 3.30 1.24 Moderate

Internet would be boring, empty, and
joyless.
3. I often snap, yell, or act annoyed if 2.96 1.25 Moderate

someone bothers me while I am online.
4. I often feel worried with the Internet 2.88 1.24 Moderate

when offline, or fantasize about being
online.
5. I often choose to spend more time online 2.86 1.40 Moderate

over going out with others.
Over-all mean 3.09 0.86 Moderate
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Excessive Use. Five statements are under in this indicator of internet addiction.
These show that the respondent engages in excessive online behavior and
compulsive usage, and is intermittently unable to control time online that he or she
hides from others. The table 2 reveals the level of excessive use of the internet which
has also moderate descriptive equivalent with an overall mean of 2.92. It means that
this element is perceived commonly by the respondents. This simply means that the
respondent engages in excessive online behavior and compulsive usage, and is
frequently unable to control time online that he or she hides from others.Thus, the data
shows that all of the statements have the mean of 3.40 in which it has a descriptive
equivalent of moderate. Starting with the statement I often find that I stay online longer
than I intended in which got a mean of 3.03, connecting a descriptive equivalent of
moderate that infers respondents to be sometimes manifested by this all the time.
Another statement I often disregard household tasks to spend more time online has a
mean of 2.95 with a moderate in descriptive equivalent that implies respondents are
sometimes manifested this all the time. Moreover, respondents are sometimes
manifested I often lose sleep due to being online statement all the time in which it
corresponds a mean of 2.95 and a descriptive equivalent of moderate respectively.
Furthermore, I often try to hide how long I have been online statement gathered a
mean of 2.85 along with a descriptive equivalent of moderate which suggest that
respondents are sometimes manifested it all the time. Finally, the statement I often
feel depressed, moody, or nervous when I am off-line, which goes away once I am
back online collected a mean of 2.81 bringing a descriptive equivalent of moderate
which respondents are sometimes manifested regarding to this all the time.
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Table 2
Respondents as Determine by Excessive Use
ITEMS
Deviation Equivalent
1. I often find that I stay online longer than I 3.03 1.26 Moderate
intended.
2. I often disregard household tasks to spend 2.95 1.24 Moderate

more time online.
3. I often lose sleep due to being online. 2.95 1.42 Moderate
4. I often try to hide how long I have been 2.85 1.33 Moderate
online.
5. I often feel depressed, moody, or nervous

when I am off-line, which goes away once 2.81 1.33 Moderate
I am back online.
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Neglect Work. Table 3 shows the level of internet addiction of the respondents with
regards of neglect work as perceived of the respondents toward their academic
success. With three (3) statements under this determinant which indicate that the
respondents may view the Internet as a necessary appliance akin to the television,
microwave, or telephone. The first statement I often do my grades or school work
suffer because of the amount of time I spend online with a mean of 2.92 with a
descriptive equivalent of moderate. Furthermore, the second statement I often do my
job performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet gathered a mean of 2.82
with a corresponding descriptive equivalent of moderate. Lastly the statement I often
become defensive or secretive when anyone asks me what I do online also got a
descriptive equivalent of moderate with the mean of 2.82.
The data present the overall mean of this indicator which is 2.86. That reveals
the respondents have a moderate descriptive equivalent, which means that this
indicator is manifested sometimes in the grade 9 students. All three statements are
moderate in terms of descriptive equivalent and has a close result of mean. Thus, this
simply implies that all statements are sometimes true and manifested in the grade 9
students. This means that the school performances of the grade 9 students and their
productivity are likely compromised due to the amount of time they spent online and
the respondents may become defensive or secretive about the time spent online.
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Table 3
Respondents as Determine by Neglect Work
ITEMS
1. I often do my grades or school work suffer 2.92 1.33 Moderate

because of the amount of time I spend
online.
2. I often do my job performance or 2.82 1.31 Moderate

productivity suffer because of the Internet.
3. I often become defensive or secretive when 2.82 1.27 Moderate

anyone asks me what I do online.
Over-all Mean 2.86 1.01 Moderate
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Anticipation. Presented in table 4 is the level of internet addiction of respondents
determined by anticipation as perceived of the respondents toward their academic
success. There are two (2) statements fall under this indicator. The first statement I
often check my email before something else that I need to do with a mean of 3.22 and
a corresponding descriptive equivalent of a moderate. The Second and last statement
I often find myself expecting when I will go online again with also a descriptive
equivalent of moderate and a thin gap of mean which is 3.26.
This indicator presents a result of the overall mean that is 3.23. Presenting the
anticipation in internet using was manifested sometimes by the respondents with a
moderate descriptive equivalent. All statements have a mean lesser than 3.40, which
is equivalent to moderate description. This means that all statements are commonly
manifested at all time by the respondents in the classroom situation. This implies that
the grade 9 students are likely thinks about being online when not at the computer
and feels compelled to use the Internet when offline.
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Table 4
Respondents as Determine by
ITEMS

1. I often check my email before something 3.22 1.42 Moderate

else that I need to do.
2. I often find myself expecting when I will 3.26 1.24 Moderate

go online again.
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Lack of Control. The data in table 5 showed that lack of control by exception as
perceived of the respondents toward their academic success is moderate in
descriptive equivalent and with an overall mean of 2.93. Regarding with this
description, it indicate that the respondent has trouble managing his or her online time,
frequently stays online longer than intended, and others may complain about the
amount of time he or she spends online.
There are three (3) statements fall under this indicator with all having a mean
ranging from 2.60 to 3.39 which corresponds to the descriptive equivalent of
moderate. Firstly, the statement I often others in my life complain to me about the
amount of time I spend online has a mean of 3.02 that respects to a descriptive
equivalent of moderate which means that respondents are sometimes manifested all
the time. Secondly, I often find myself saying "just a few more minutes" when online
statement gathered a mean of 2.91 and a moderate in descriptive equivalent
respectively, which implies that it is sometimes manifested all the time by the
respondents. Thirdly, garnering a mean of 2.88 with a descriptive equivalent of
moderate, the statement I often try to cut down the amount of time I spend online and
fail indicates that respondents are sometimes manifested this all the time.
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Table 5
Respondents as Determine by Lack of Control
ITEMS
1. I often others in my life complain to me 3.02 1.22 Moderate

about the amount of time I spend online.
2. I often find myself saying "just a few more 2.91 1.44 Moderate
minutes" when online.
3. I often try to cut down the amount of time I 2.88 1.25 Moderate
spend online and fail.
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Neglect Social Life. The table 6 shows the level of Internet addiction of the
respondents and data shows that there are two (2) statements under neglect social
life. The first statement is I often prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with
my partner with a mean 2.73 with a descriptive equivalent of moderate. It means that
respondents prefer when it was with friends but sometimes we need to manage our
time with our partner. The second and last statement I often form new relationships
with fellow online users with a mean 2.73 with a descriptive equivalent of moderate.
This simply means that a mean of 2.73 with a descriptive equivalent of moderate,
respondents are comfortable with their new fellow online users but sometimes we
need to make sure to our fellow friends to make us comfortable and the respondents
commonly used online for their happiness.
From the above statement, it can be noticed that all of the statements have the
mean from the range 2.60 to 3.39 that respects to the descriptive equivalent of
moderate. All in all, those statements that are mentioned yield an overall mean of 2.73
along with a descriptive equivalent of moderate. Thus, this means that this
determinant is sometimes manifested all the time by the respondents. Meaning, the
respondents are likely utilizing online relationships to cope with situational problems
and/or to reduce mental tension and stress. Also, it suggests that the respondent
frequently forms new relationships with fellow online users and uses the Internet to
establish social connections that may be missing in his or her life.
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Table 6
Level of Internet Addiction of Grade 9 students perceive by Respondents as
Determine by Neglect Social Life
ITEMS

1. I often prefer the excitement of the Internet to 2.88 1.25 Moderate

intimacy with my partner.
1. I often form new relationships with fellow 2.80 1.37 Moderate

online users.
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Level of Student’s Academic Success among
Grade 9 students of San Vicente National High School
Table 7 presents the level of academic success in terms of particular subjects,
English, Math, and Science. Firstly, English got an overall mean of 82.12 and a
descriptive equivalent of satisfactory. This means that that the student performed in
the class with approaching proficiently. Second is Math which gathered an overall
mean of 78.76, with a descriptive equivalent of fairly satisfactory respectively. This
implies that students in this subject have performed in the class with developing
mastery. Lastly is the Science which garnered an overall mean of 79.76 with a
descriptive equivalent of satisfactory. Likewise, in English subject, students in this
subject also are tending to perform in the class with approaching proficiently.
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Table 7
Level of Student’s Academic Success among Grade 9 students of San Vicente
National High School
Grade Mean Standard Description

Deviation
82.12 5.37 Satisfactory

English
Math 78.76 5.56 Fairly

Satisfactory
Science 79.62 4.63 Fairly

Satisfactory
Over-all Mean 80.17 5.19 Satisfactory
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Significant relation between Internet addiction and Academic
Success among Grade 9 students of San Vicente National High School
Shown in the table 10 is the significant relation between internet addiction and
academic success among grade 9 students of San Vicente National High School,
Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Among the indicators of Internet Addiction, only the
Excessive Use has the significant relation to Academic Success with a p-value of
0.10 and a correlation of .262. Thus, this simply means that Excessive Use rejects
the null hypothesis and accepts the alternative hypothesis with a significance level of
0.05. The rest of the indicators have the p-value of greater than 0.05 which accept
the null hypothesis, meaning there is no significance relationship between the
remaining indicators and the second variable.
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Table 8
Significance of the Relationship between the Variables
Dependent Variable
Independent
(Academic success)
Variable
(Internet
Addiction)
English Math Science Overall
Salience:
r-value -.007 .102 -.092 .008
p-value .944 .319 .369 .936
Excessive use
r-value .110 .262 .072 .191
p-value .285 .010 .486 .061
Neglect Work:
r-value -.013 .021 -.153 -.053
p-value .902 .838 .136 .606
Anticipation:
r-value -.058 -.067 -.141 -.108
p-value .575 .515 .168 .295
Lack of
Control:
.074 .186 .061 .138
r-value
.473 .068 .551 .177
p-value
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Neglect Social
Life:
r-value .003 .182 -.033 .070
p-value .976 .075 .748 .493
OVER ALL
r-value .023 .156 -.071 .053
p-value .825 .128 .492 .605
Significant relation between Internet addiction and Academic Success among

Grade 9 students of San Vicente National High School
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
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Level of Internet Addiction and Academic
Success among Grade 9 students according to Gender
Firstly, for the first variable which is internet addiction, the p-value is .50 and therefore,
the difference between the two means is not statistically significantly from zero at the
5% significance level. There is an estimated change of 0.11% (SE = 0.15%). However,
there is insufficient evidence (p = 0.50) to suggest that gender does change the mean
of internet addiction.
Secondly, the variable academic success got a p-value of 0.30 which leads to
statistically no significant difference from zero at the significance level of 5%. Further,
there is an estimated change of -0.93% (SE = 0.90%). On the other hand, there is no
enough evidence (p = 0.30) to suggest that the mean of academic success changes
by gender.
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Table 9
Domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the Academic
Success
t-test for Equality of Means
95% Confidence Interval of the Difference
Lower Upper
-.20126 .41911
-.17069 .38123
-2.71998 .85585
-2.92061 1.05549
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Domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the Academic Success
As shown in table 11. It presents which domain of Internet Addiction that
significantly influences the Academic Success. Out of all the indicators, the Excessive
Use is the domain that significantly influenced the academic success, corresponding
the highest Beta value .345 and a significant value of .020 that is lesser than 0.05.
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Table 11
Domain of Internet Addiction that significantly influence the Academic
Success
Unstandardized Standardized
Coefficients Coefficient
Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig
1 (Constant) 80.001 1.832 43.663 .000
Salience -.521 .640 -.109 -.813 .418
Excessive 1.456 .615 .345 2.369 .020
Neglect Work -.683 .507 -.167 -1.347 .181
Anticipation -.640 .420 -.174 -1.523 .131
Lack of Control .541 .530 .123 1.021 .310
Neglect Social -.013 .494 -.003 -.027 .979
Life
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Regression
Regression Analysis of Internet Addiction on Academic Success.
Presented in table 12 is the multiple regressions linear regressions analysis of
the internet addiction against academic success. The regression model illustrates that
the calculated F-value 1.842 and correspondents to p-value < 0.05.
This suggests that the model can significantly account for the variability in the
responses of the internet addiction to the variance of academic success. This model
can be statistically expressed as y (internet addiction) = 0.08 x1 (salience) + 0.191 x2
(excessive use) + (-0.053) x3 (neglect work) + (-0.108) x4 (anticipation) + 0.138 x5
(lack of control) + 0.070 x6 (neglect social life).
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Unstandardized Standardized
Coefficients Coefficient
Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig
1 (Constant) 80.001 1.832 43.663 .000
Salience -.521 .640 -.109 -.813 .418
Excessive 1.456 .615 .345 2.369 .020
Neglect Work -.683 .507 -.167 -1.347 .181
Anticipation -.640 .420 -.174 -1.523 .131
Lack of Control .541 .530 .123 1.021 .310
Neglect Social Life -.013 .494 -.003 -.027 .979
R = 0.331
R2 = 0.109
F = 1.842
P-value = 0.100
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Chapter IV
Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation
Discussion
Level of Internet Addiction Among Grade 9 Students
This study sought to investigate the internet addiction among the grade 9
students of San Vicente National High School. The internet addiction involved in the
study was described in terms of salience, excessive use, neglect work, anticipation,
lack of control, and neglect social life. These factors connect respondents' severity of
self-reported compulsive use of the Internet. With an overall mean of 2.96 indicates
that the grade 9 students have a moderate severity of internet dependency. Using the
Likert Scale, the findings from (number of respondents) showed that the Internet
Addiction are sometimes manifested all the time. All the indicators in this variable got
an overall mean from the range of 2.60 to 3.39.
In the study, certain different aspects, what the use is proposed for, media
expectations and media content determined the intended and unintended use of the
internet. Hence there are no general styles to how everyone uses the internet, and it
is rather unusual based on fulfilment of desires. This study also supported by the
theory of the uses and gratification theory (U&G) which recommended that
communication actions are focused by an individuals' fundamental need (Kim &
Haridakis, 2009). A variety of factors function together to determine what form of
media an individual chooses and how an individual chooses and uses a particular form
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of communication is heavily circumstantial and influenced by an individuals’
psychological and social need.
Level of Academic Success among Grade 9 Students
Another objective of the study was to define the level of students’ academic
success towards grade 9 students in San Vicente National High School. Composing
the mean of grades in English, Math, and Science this yields an overall mean value
of 80.17 with a descriptive equivalent of satisfactory, means that the student
performed in the class with approaching proficiently.
This opposes the study of Akhter, (2013). Excessive use of Internet or Internet
addiction adversely affects one's physical health, family life, and academic
performance this was the findings that the researcher has shown. Internet addiction
affect academic performance that include decline in study habits, significant drop in
grades, missing classes, increased risk of being placed on academic probation, and
low performance rating in extracurricular activities.
Level of Internet Addiction and Academic Success among Grade 9 students
according to Gender
Also this study seeks to provide the level of internet addiction among the
respondents according to gender. It shown that the female has a result of moderate
and that means the internet addiction are sometimes manifested all the time. In the
other hand, the male has a result of moderate that means the internet addiction are
sometimes manifested all the time. In conclusion, the male has a higher mean than
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the female that means the male student perceived internet addiction acquisition to be
sometimes manifested.
Also this study seeks to provide the level academic success among the
respondents according to gender. It showed that the female has a result of satisfactory
which means that the student performed in the class with approaching proficiently. In
addition, the male has a result of fairly satisfactory which also means that the student
performed in the class with developing mastery. In general, the female has the higher
mean than the male that means that the female students of grade 9 perceived
academic success perform proficiently.
Level of Significant Relation Between Internet Addiction and Academic Success
Further, this study also searched to perceive the significant relationship
between internet addiction and academic success. As said, out of all the indicators of
internet addiction, the only one that has significant relation between academic success
is the Excessive Use, hence it rejects the null hypothesis garnering a p-value of 0.10
and a correlation value of .262 with a significance level of 0.05. The remaining
indicators just accepts the null hypothesis which indicates that there is no significant
relationship among them and the academic success gathering a p-value that is greater
than the significance level.
In addition, this also supported by the study of Lubans [1999], Scherer [1997],
and Jones [2002]. In terms of academic performance, the internet had a negative and
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a neutral influence and also stated that most of the students assumed they have
positive impact on their academic performance because of the internet.
However, In the theory of Learning theory it opposed the idea that emphasizes
the positive supporting effects of internet use which can induce feelings of well-being
and euphoria in the user, and works on the principle of operant conditioning (Murali &
George, 2007). Similarly, Kandel (1998) identified that it makes the student to
experience a level of control which is unattainable when using computer or internet.
Level of Domain of Internet Addiction that Significantly Influences the Academic
Success
Lastly the fifth objective of the study was to determine which domain of Internet
Addiction that significantly influences the Academic Success of grade 9 students in
San Vicente National High School and out of all indicators in this study, the Excessive
Use is the indicator that shows a significantly influence on academic success with the
highest corresponding Beta value of .345 and a significant value of .020 that is lesser
than 0.05.
The researchers found significant differences in terms of Internet usage time.
The increase in the Internet usage time caused a significant increase in the Internet
addiction level of the students as expected. For instance, Young (2007) stated in her
study that individuals who utilize the Internet for over 40 hours in seven days will in
general become Internet dependent. This result is also evident with the studies in the
literature (Cakir et al. 2008; Durak et al. 2011; Karaman and Kurtoglu 2009; Yilmaz et
al. 2014).
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To sum up, the researchers convinced that internet addiction among grade 9
students does not affect their academic success base on the results shown from the
data. This simply means that internet addiction can improve the nature of education
from various perspectives. It opens doorways to an abundance of data, information
and educational assets, expanding opportunities for learning in and beyond the
classroom. Teachers utilize online materials to get ready exercises, and students to
broaden their scope of learning.
Conclusion
This study is concluded based on the significant relationship between internet
addiction and academic success among Grade 9 students of San Vicente National
High School. It revealed in the result of the study that the respondents are neutral in
terms of addiction in the internet. This may conclude that the academic success of
Grade 9 students is resilient to the internet addiction.
Furthermore, the study also showed a result of neutral on the respondent’s
internet addiction. This means that the Grade 9 students of San Vicente National High
School have a level of internet addiction that does not really affect the academic
success of and the respondents are undecided whether the internet addiction is a
factor to affect their academic success. However, excessive use that is an indicator of
internet addiction has a mean of 0.010 less than 0.050 which means that it has
significant relationship between the academic success.
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Finally, the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between
variables. This may have implied that the internet addiction and academic success
has a no relationship with academic success.
Recommendation
In this section, the recommendation of this study are on the basis of the results
and conclusion, the following recommendations are hereby presented:
Department of Education. The department can apply the information and discover a
groundbreaking solution that aides the excessive use of internet of the students that
result in a negative response to their academic success. Also, they must strengthen
more the simultaneous educational activities that can lessen the interaction of the
students in the internet.
School Administrator. The administrator may find alternative and recognize other
methodologies in crafting numerous activities and strategies in the school which may
help to maximize their performance in their academic especially to the Math subject.
In addition, the result of this study helped the administrators in handling the concerns
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of the students as far as their learning and performance since this research is about
their comprehension and their performance.
Teachers. The teachers can have better understanding on how the internet addiction
and academic success relates to each other by the help of this study and also may
create an imaginative and resourceful strategy to practice that can lessen the
excessive use of internet. In addition, an interactive environment that can engage the
students to perform and excel in academic especially in the subject that involves
numbers and solving problem.
Students. Students that are involved in excessive use of internet must know that it
can greatly affect their academic performances, therefore, students that are addicted
in internet must learn to balance their internet use to avoid failing in academically.
Students can assess their performance in their academic and the how they interact
too much in the internet. Moreover, the result will help students determine their
difficulties in dealing with internet addiction as well as the factors affecting their
academic performances. Also, they can discover practices and methods that can
make their performance improve.
Other Researchers. The result of this investigation would provide information for
further research and study on the Internet addiction and proper approach in the
academic success of a student.
Finally, this would hopefully become the foundation for the future study that
related to this research about internet addiction and the relation of the academic
success. And also, future researchers anticipating to investigate similar study, they
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might explore deeper the other factors that will help improve more the result of the
findings and to achieve the desired result of the research.
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Appendices
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Salience 5 4 3 2 1
1. I often block out disturbing thoughts about my life with
peaceful thoughts of the Internet.
2. I often fear that my life without the Internet would be
boring, empty, and joyless.
3. I often snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers me
while I am online.
4. I often feel worried with the Internet when off-line, or
fantasize about being online.
5. I often choose to spend more time online over going out
with others.
Excessive Use
6. I often find that I stay online longer than I intended.
7. I often disregard household tasks to spend more time
online.
8. I often lose sleep due to being online.
9. I often try to hide how long I have been online.
10. I often feel depressed, moody, or nervous when I am off-
line, which goes away once I am back online.
Neglect Work
11. I often do my grades or school work suffer because of the
amount of time I spend online.
12. I often do my job performance or productivity suffer
because of the Internet.
13. I often become defensive or secretive when anyone asks
me what I do online.
Anticipation
14. I often check my email before something else that I need
to do.
15. I often find myself expecting when I will go online again.
Lack of control
16. I often others in my life complain to me about the amount
of time I spend online.
17. I often find myself saying "just a few more minutes" when
online.
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Questionnaire INTERNET ADDICTION TEST
18. I often try to cut down the amountMale

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of time I spend online
_____ Female _______ Date: ________
and fail.
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Neglect Social Life
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19. I often prefer consists
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please select the response (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) which best describes you. If two choices seem to apply equally well, write the
choicewith myrepresents
that best partner.how you are most of the time during the past month. Be sure to read all the statements carefully
before making your choice. The statements refer to offline situations or actions unless otherwise specified.
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Grades: _____ Math, _____English, _____Science

Region XI
DIVISION OF PANABO CITY
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SAN VICENTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. San Vicente, Panabo City
August 14, 2019
To:
ARLEN A. JUMAMOY
School-in-Charge
San Vicente National High School
Thru: Subject Teachers

This School
Ma’am / Sir:
Warmest greetings of solidarity and peace!
The researchers listed below are the Senior High School students of this institution,
who are now on their thesis writing with their study entitled, “INTERNET ADDICTION
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AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS IN SAN VICENTE
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,” a descriptive-correlational study as a partial fulfillment
for the requirements of Practical Research II subject.
Thus, the researchers would like to ask your permission to allow us gather data by
getting the grades of the randomly selected Grade 9 students in thus school. The
researchers assure to follow the ethical standards set before getting of the grades and
maintain its confidentiality.
Your positive response to this matter is highly appreciated. Thank you! God bless us
all.
Respectfully,
VELLY KING JASPER O. MARCELLONES NICO A. ENAYA

12-ICT Student 12-ICT Student
LANDER R. MERTO SHEIKA MIA S.

EROY
Noted: Approved:
ELDEN D. ORBETA, Ph.D. ARLEN A. JUMAMOY

Subject Teacher School In-Charge

Region XI
DIVISION OF PANABO CITY
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SAN VICENTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. San Vicente, Panabo City
August 14, 2019
To:
ARLEN A. JUMAMOY
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School-in-Charge
Thru:
EMELI P. INFIESTO
JHS Academic Head
WENECEN CALUBAN
Grade 9 Curriculum Head
Ma’am/:
Warmest greetings of solidarity and peace!
The researchers listed below are the students of San Vicente National High School-
Senior High School, who are now on their thesis writing with their study entitled,
“INTERNET ADDICTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS AMONG GRADE 9
STUDENTS IN SAN VICENTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,” a descriptive-
correlational study as a partial fulfillment for the requirements of Practical Research II
subject.
Thus, the researchers would like to ask your permission to allow us to conduct the
gathering of data from the randomly selected students on San Vicente National High
School. The researchers assure to follow the ethical standards set before the conduct.
Your positive response to this matter is highly appreciated. Thank you! God bless us
all.
Respectfully,
VELLY KING JASPER O. MARCELLONES NICO A. ENAYA

LANDER R. MERTO SHEIKA MIA S.

EROY
Noted:
ELDEN D. ORBETA, Ph.D.

Subject Teacher
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Prk.2 San Vicente, Panabo City
Senior High
05 July 2019
RUBY C. MONTAJES, MABE

Teacher II
Dear Mrs. Montajes,
Glory to God in the highest!
The signatories below are senior high students of the San Vicente National High
School, who are now on their research which is entitled “Internet Addiction and Academic
Success among Grade 9 Students in San Vicente National High School”, a case study that is
part of their requirements in senior high that can help their grade improve.
This study is to identify the relationship between Internet addiction and academic
success among Grade 9 students in San Vicente National High School. This will examine
whether internet addiction can affect the academic performance of the selected
respondents. Specifically, this study seeks to the following objectives.
1.1 Salience
1.2 Excessive Use
1.3 Neglect Work
1.4 Anticipation
1.5 Lack of Control
2. To determine the student’s intellectual level in terms of:
2.1 Grades
2.1.1 Math
2.1.2 English
2.1.3 Filipino
3. To examine whether there is a significant relation between Internet Addiction & Academic
Success among Grade-9 students.
With this foregoing, the signatories are respectfully wishing your knowledge to be one
of the validators for the interview guide, attached herewith, that we prepared for the conduct
of the study.
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May this invitation merit your favorable response and support.
Thank you!
Respectfully,
Velly King Jasper O. Marcellones Nico A. Enaya Sheika Mia S. Eroy Lander R.
Merto
Researcher Researcher Researcher Researcher

Senior High
05 July 2019
ALMA B. PICOT, MAED

Teacher III
Dear Mrs. Picot,
1.1 Salience
1.2 Excessive Use
1.3 Neglect Work
1.4 Anticipation
1.5 Lack of Control
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2.1 Grades
2.1.1 Math
2.1.2 English
2.1.3 Filipino
of the study.
Thank you!
Respectfully,
Merto

Senior High
05 July 2019
WENECEN P. CALUBAN, MAEM

Teacher II
Dear Mrs. Caluban,
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1.1 Salience
1.2 Excessive Use
1.3 Neglect Work
1.4 Anticipation
1.5 Lack of Control
2.1 Grades
2.1.1 Math
2.1.2 English
2.1.3 Filipino
of the study.
Thank you!
Respectfully,
Merto
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INTERNET ADDICTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS

AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS OF SAN VICENTE

VELLY KING JASPER O. MARCELLONES

ELDEN D. ORBETA, PhD.

Department batch 2018-2019, at San Vicente National High School.

authorize without the specific permission of the School-in-Charge of San Vicente

National High School.

Reference to this research and incorporates the prior proclamation.

This thesis entitled, “INTERNET ADDICTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS

ELDEN D. ORBETA, PhD

APPROVED by the Panel of Examiners on Oral Examination with a grade

ACCEPTED in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Practical

Comprehensive Examination: PASSED

The purpose of this study to determine the significant relationship between

grade 9 level and has grades of English, Math, and Science.

In this study, employing descriptive correlation method, mean, standard

addiction with a moderate descriptive equivalent level had no significant relationship

to their Academic Success.

However, Excessive Use that is an indicator of Internet Addiction has a

Therefore, suggested that Department of Education, School administration especially

some factors that excluded in this research.

finished without the consolations, recommendations and help from numerous

individuals at various phases of this work.

would not be finished.

To Dr. Elden D. Orbeta, a very dynamic approachable and clever research

realization of this research endeavor;

for giving constructive criticisms for the betterment of these undertakings;

A warm appreciation to Ms. Marjorie Lambunao for her unconditional support

acknowledgement will be incomplete if we will never include to mention our gratitude

support and for being a wellspring of motivation for us.

Title Page ……………………………………………………………………………... i

III. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS

IV. DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION

Letter of the Conduct of Study ………………………………………………….... 67

Background of the Study

Respectively, learners, especially teenagers, are stated to spend a significant part of

concept of internet addiction was proposed by Goldberg 1995 (cited in Gonzales,

enslavement or conduct reliance on the web as mental damage or social issue.

Particularly, one Asian nations report it as genuinely broad medical problem.

Liu (2007), delegate secretary-general of the Chinese Society of Juvenile Delinquency

Internet habit (Watts, 2007).

internet has similarly ackowledged as an assistant to issues such as conjugal issues,

accounts, to be an emerging apprehension (Caplan, 2002). Also, internet addiction is

defined as pathological internet use, characterized as a person's ineptitude to deal

as well as work troubles in an individual's life.

As presented by Akhter (2013), the research investigated various advantages of the

overseeing accounts to helping with financial needs. Moreover, specially, it might

academically enable students to improve their abilities for powerful correspondence

and utilization of successful techniques (Mishra, Draus, Goreva, Leone, Caputo,

internet is accounted to be utilized among young students more regularly (Öztürk,

Odabaşıoğlu, Eraslan, Genç ve Kalyoncu, 2007). The endeavors in Turkey contrasted

accessible in 1994. Nielsen's Inaugural Southeast Asia Digital Consumer Report

percent of Filipinos have Internet access in their homes (Broadband Commission,

It encourages them in associating with friends on the internet. It additionally

has no effect on students' academic performance (Acut et al., 2016).

et., al. 2014)

More specifically, it seeks to answer the following objectives:

1. To determine the level of internet addiction of student in terms of: