Alienation, Internet Addiction And Birth Order As The Main Determinants Of Academic Achievement Among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The Present Study Was Undertaken To Study The Impact Of Alienation, Internet Addiction  And Birth Order On Academic Achievement Of College Students.  Academic Achievement Was Treated As Dependent Variable Whereas; Alienation, Internet Addiction And Birth Order Were Treated As Independent Variables. A Sample Of 600  Undergraduate First Year Students Through Multi-Stage Random Sampling Technique. Student Alienation Scale By Sharma (2015), And  Internet Addiction Scale By Young (1998) And Academic Achievement Score Was Taken From Students’ Previous Class Results Were Used To  Collect The Data.   The Obtained Data Were Analyzed Using Three Way Anova With 2×2×2 Factorial Design. Levene’s Test Of Homogeneity Of Variance Was Also Applied To Test The Assumption Of Homogeneity Of Variance For Anova. Main Effects Of Alienation, Internet Addiction On Academic Achievement Of College Students  Were Found To Be Significant, While Birth Order Has No Impact On Academic Achievement Of College Students.  It Was Found That Alienation And Internet Have A Significant Effects On Academic Achievement, While  Alienation And Birth Order Have No Impact On Academic Achievement Of College Students.  Further, Internet Addiction And Birth Order Also Found No Significant Impact On Academic Achievement.  Triple Interaction Effect Of Alienation, Internet Addiction  And Birth Order On Academic Achievement  Found To Be Non Significant.  The Findings Of The Current Investigation Disclose Some Important Educational Inferences For Administrators, Principals, Teachers, Policy-Makers, College Authorities And In General For The Parents Of Explicitly College Students.