Attitudes toward the use of internet for students among secondary school students elobied school in Sudan 2024

This study aimed to examined the prevalence of internet addiction, define its correlating factors and its relationship with their demographic data among secondary school students ,and to recognized prospect intervention strategies that may help to minimize harm of IA(internet addiction). Material and Methods: A cross sectional survey, using a self-administered questionnaire, was conducted between January and February 2024, among governmental secondary school students (boys and girls) in Elobied secondery school and Alobied higher secondary school for girls and Alwafa higher secondary school for girls, Sudan, their ages between 13and 19-years-old ,a simple random sampling were collected from students in class two and three, students , the sample size was 303 from total 500 students from tow governmental school which Results: 303 students answered the questionnaire, 141 are males and 162 are females. Prevalence was 53.5%, with female predominance. Internet addiction was associated with those who owned computers and spent more than 8 hours in the internet and absence of parental control. Conclusion: The findings show that the students are having a more positive attitude toward the use of the Internet we recommend that use of Internet should be set under parents control and reviewed regularly by them and their children together.