Professor Truzoli of Milan University said: "Internet addiction has been shown to impair a range of abilities such as impulse control, planning, and sensitivity to rewards. A lack of ability in these areas could well make study harder."
students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests.
increased feelings of loneliness that use of digital technology produced.
negative relationship between internet addiction and motivation to study. Students reporting more internet addiction also found it harder to organise their learning productively, and were more anxious about their upcoming tests
study also found that internet addiction was associated with loneliness, and that this loneliness made study harder.
internet addiction was found to be associated with increased loneliness. The results indicated that loneliness, in turn, made studying harder for the students
loneliness plays a large role in positive feelings about academic life in higher education
internet addiction make loneliness worse, and, in turn, impact on motivation to engage in a highly social educational environment such as a university.
Professor Reed added: "Before we continue down a route of increasing digitisation of our academic environments, we have to pause to consider if this is actually going to bring about the results we want. This strategy might offer some opportunities, but it also contains risks that have not yet been fully assessed."