ABSTRACT

Backgrounds and Aims: The term "Internet user" refers to anybody who has a computer and can access the Internet from anywhere in the world. This research sought to examine the amount of internet usage among students by gender, sleep problems among students by gender, and aggressive behaviour among students by gender. To examine the extent to which pupils exhibit withdrawal symptoms based on their gender, and to evaluate the degree to which students exhibit violent behaviour based on their gender.

Patients and Methods: A descriptive design was carried out from 15th, January 2021 through 29th, March 2021 to achieve the present study's objectives. The research participants were 100 pupils from Nineveh Education Directorate secondary schools, ranging in age from 13 to 17 years. The data collection period was from the 20th of January to the 1st of February 2021 in order to fulfil the present study's objectives. This scale is prepared to be applied by an interview with pupils Aggressive Behavior Scale, Internet Addiction Test, Social Withdrawal Scale to achieve the goals of the study, The validity of the scale, was done through a review of 10 experts of different specialties related to the field of the present study were chosen.

Results: The findings revealed that most pupils had equal male and females pupils had mild use of the Internet, the majority of the similar male and females pupils had soft sleep disorders, excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females, outrageous aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in male, the male and females pupils had similar mild withdrawal symptom, the male more than female had excessive eating disorders. 

Conclusions: the equal male and females students had mild use of the Internet. The majority of similar male and females students had soft sleep disorders. Excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females. The male and females students had similar mild withdrawal symptoms—the male more than female had extreme eating disorders.

Conclusion: assist students in expressing their problems, and understand their motivations for behaviors, and make them continue interaction with their communities. Integration care of students with excessive internet usage in all spectrums (psychiatry, healthy, socially, and educationally). Having instructors and parents utilise excessive amounts of the Internet to connect with children. Training teachers on the correct diagnosis of students with excessive usage of the Internet.

Keywords:  Psychological behaviour, Internet Users