Internet addiction and aggressive behavior among middle school students: a field study on a sample of fourth-grade students in sidi bel abbes

Abstract EN

The current study aims to reveal the nature of the relationship between internet addiction and aggressive behavior on a sample of middle school students in Sidi Bel Abbes.

The sample included fourth-grade middle school students.

We also aimed to identify the differences in internet addiction and aggressive behavior in the sample according to gender.

We used a descriptive analytical approach and used both an instrument to measure internet addiction and another to measure aggressive behavior and applied them to a sample of 98 boys and girls from fourth-grade middle school students.

The study yielded the following findings: There is a strong positive correlation between internet addiction and aggressive behavior among fourth-grade middle school students.

There are no statistically significant differences in internet addiction among fourth-grade middle school students due to gender.

There are no statistically significant differences in aggressive behavior among fourth-grade middle school students due to gender.