LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

The Effects of Computer Addiction for Computer Engineering Students

ALDE, Jhon
CORTEZ Jr., Dario T.
GELLIDO, Amiel S.
SUAZO, Isra Ammi El P.
TACLAN, Aira Mae M.



OCTOBER 2014





ii. Abstract

The significance of a study on computer addiction is that the results of the study can
teach professionals how to treat students for the addiction. It can also help explain why the
addiction occurs. Computer is more significant because we can use it in every type of
communications, advertisement, entertainment, earning & project working etc at a fix place all
over the world. It has been alleged that social pathologies are beginning to surface in
cyberspace. To date, there is very little empirical evidence that computing activities (i.e.,
internet use, hacking, and programming) are addictive. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the
typical "addict" is a student, usually teenagers, with little or no social life, and little or no self-
confidence. This research paper concentrates on studies of excessive computer usage. It is
argued that, some of those students describe "addicted" subjects. Addiction components
criteria were used in the assessment. The excessive usage in the majority of cases was purely
symptomatic and was highlighted how the subjects used the Internet/computer to counteract
other deficiencies. It is a newly recognized problem. While controversy exists about whether
computer addiction should be considered a primary psychiatric disorder, clinicians are treating
increasing numbers of clients experiencing problems caused by excessive computer use.




Table of Contents
Chapter Title Page

Title Page.i

Abstractii

Table of Contents..iii

Bibliography.iv

Figures and Tablesv

I Introduction..1

II Background of the study.2

III Conclusions..3




Introduction

How computer addiction does affect the knowledge of computer engineering students
about computers? Does it have disadvantages or advantages? Well, in this study, we have to
know if it has benefits for a computer engineering students.
We all know the computer addiction has disadvantages for us students. It steals the
hour for our studies. But is it about the disadvantage of being computer addict? How about the
students studying about the computer? Does this problem affect them? Lets all know.














Background of the study

Various factors may contribute to making a person a computer addict. It is mainly
caused by the desire to distract oneself from unpleasant feelings like depression, loneliness and
anxiety. For example, one may feel loneliness in their real life, and they may start excessively
using online chatting or gaming as an outlet to try to temporarily handle their loneliness. If a
Computer Addict excessively watches Internet pornography or uses adult fantasy role-play
websites, the cause may be that they may have relationship problems in real life or they may
have been sexually abused during their childhood. If a person lacks social support in real life, or
if a person suddenly becomes less mobile due to a new disability or responsibility that makes
them hard to leave home to socialize with their friends, they may use online social networking
websites as a way to establish social connections and relationships. Symptoms of Computer
Addiction Symptoms of Computer Addiction vary from person to person but some of them are
more common among computer addicts. A computer addict may lose their sense of time, may
spend many hours on a computer at a time and feel irritated when interrupted from it. They
may fail to finish off their tasks at home or work. They may give more importance to virtual
online friends and withdraw from real life friends and family. If a computer addict spends more
and more time on gaming, they may give more importance to events within a game than real
life events. Consequences of Computer Addiction If one spends too much time sitting on a
computer, they spend less time on healthy social activities as a consequence. They may get
isolated from the real world and from physical interaction with friends, which may cause a
severe feeling of loneliness and depression in them. As they get less time to do their tasks at
school, home or work, their performance may deteriorate which may create stress in their life.
In the long run, Computer Addition may cause pain and numbness in hands, wrists and arms if
they repeatedly use the keyboard for too long. This risk may be reduced by taking frequent
short breaks every hour while using a computer, by not placing wrists on sharp table edges, and
by adjusting the height of the chair and the keyboard tray so that the wrists remain straight.
Computer addiction may also cause strained vision, headaches, back and neck aches, and a gain
or loss in weight.















Conclusions
As base on the research, several computer engineering students have their own
knowledge about computers. Come chose this course because they want to gather more
information about computers and other students wants to learn more about computer.
Since being a computer addict youll have the information about computer, some of the
Computer Engineering students make their way on how to access computer easier and
comfortable.