Internet addiction and academic procrastination Internet addiction and academic procrastination

Abstract

The general objective of the present study is to determine the relationship between internet addiction and academic procrastination in high school students of IE 40174 Paola Frassinetti Fe y Alegría 45 in Arequipa, 2020. It was conducted in times of covid 19. A study is conducted with a basic type of research, with a correlational level and a non-experimental-transversal design. The population is constituted by 67 students of section A and B, of the 2nd grade of secondary education in the IE 40174 Paola Frassinetti - Fe y Alegría 45. The instrument to measure internet addiction is the Lima internet addiction scale; to measure academic procrastination it is the academic procrastination scale. The main results showed that the moderate addiction level of 37% and the high addiction level of 36% of students establish that students surf the Internet more than 40 hours a week, including academic sessions, which is presented as addiction, and is directly associated with carelessness, lack of responsibility and procrastination of schoolwork.