Use of the Internet and the Level of Anxiety and Dealing with Stress of Students during the Adolescence Period

Abstract

Thanks to mobile devices “on-line life” has become for an average teenager one of the main forms of structuring time. The Internet's offer is very rich, simply unlimited. The virtual world opens before a young man or woman new perspectives of cognition, attracts him or her with colours, images, easiness with which he or she can communicate without leaving home. Together with increased popularity of the Internet there is increased concern about its excessive or inappropriate use. Studies presented in this article are a clear proof that students abusing the Internet have a higher level of anxiety-characteristic and more often experience an anxiety-state than their peers. They are more prone to consider situations where they are evaluated or experience a defeat as threatening. In difficult situations they deal with stress by focusing on emotions and seeking social support.