The relationship between using the Internet and social isolation among students of the faculty of Education at the University of Hail
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The current study aimed to identify the correlation between Internet use and social isolation, as well as to identify whether there are statistically significant differences between female and male students in the measure of Internet use, as well as in the measure of social isolation among students of the College of Education at the University of Hail. The study sample consisted of 254 male and female students from the College of Education were selected by a stratified random method. After reviewing a number of measures, the researcher prepared an Internet use scale, as well as a social isolation scale, and the validity and reliability implications of each were verified. The results showed a positive relationship between Internet use and social isolation. There are statistically significant differences between female and male students in using the Internet, in favor of females. It also showed statistically significant differences between female and male students in social isolation, in favor of females.
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