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Education Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Sep  2020, Pages 118-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31058/j.edu.2020.33009 https://doi.org/10.31058/j.edu.2020.33009

Emotional Intelligence And Internet Addiction Among Students In The University Of Ibadan, Nigeria

, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Sep  2020, Pages 118-134.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31058/j.edu.2020.33009

Babatunde Oyeyemi Ogunwuyi 1* , Adenike Omoike 2

1 CAC Theological Seminary, Akure, Nigeria

2 Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Received: 28 February 2020; Accepted: 23 April 2020; Published: 13 June 2020

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Abstract

Uncontrollable usage of internet has become a psychosocial disorder that every professional should pay attention to.  Many studies outside Nigeria have focused attention on internet addiction among students, medical doctors and librarians. Therefore, this study examined emotional intelligent factors (emotional regulation, expression and utilisation) as correlates of internet addiction among students of the University of Ibadan. Descriptive survey of correlation type was adopted for this study with multi-stage sampling procedure to select 120 students (75 males and 45 females) with age range between 16-48 years. The Schutte emotional intelligence scale r=0.91 and internet addiction scale (r = 0.89) were used to collect data for the study. Research questions were answered and tested.  The findings revealed that level of internet addiction of students was high (

Keywords

Emotional Regulation, Emotional Expression, Emotional Utilisation, Internet Addiction and University of Ibadan Students

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