Effects of Leisure Activities Participation on College Students'Internet Addiction
Objective To understand the effect of participation in leisure sports on internet addiction among college students.Methods Convenience sampling was used and an online questionnaire was distributed to 260 college students through Question-star.The questionnaire included basic information and Internet addiction diagnostic scale,and the data were entered into SPSS 27.0 for statistical analysis.Results Among the 260 college students,143 or 55%were Internet addicted,of which 45.4%were mild,9.6%were moderate,and none were severe.Age,ethnicity,grade level and participation in leisure sports activities or not had a significant effect on the occur-rence of Internet addiction(P<0.05).The results of modified Poisson regression showed that participation in leisure sports activities or not,grade level and age had an effect on the occurrence of Internet addiction(P<0.05).Conclusion The incidence of Internet addiction among college students is high and mainly mild;participa-tion in leisure sports activities can prevent the occurrence of Internet addiction.