Relationship Between Problematic Use of Internet, Alexithymia and Family Dynamics:
The study is an attempt to explore about the problematic usage of internet amongcollege students and its relation to alexithymia and family dynamics. The scientificreason for internet addiction is self indulgence due to stress and another reason is tocover up emotional and interpersonal problems. When troubled by stress, studentsmay engage in excessive use of internet. Self indulgent responses tend to be relativelyeasy to execute and highly pleasurable. It may eventually lead to internet addiction.There are many instances where people recognize that the young people ignore thecorrect emotional expressions while they interact with others. The reflectivebehaviours are essential for inter personal or family relationships. The reflectivebehaviour is learnt by observing behaviours of other and starts it from youngerdevelopmental stages. Due to using electronic gadgets for child engagement,insufficient inter personal interactions might be impaired and may lead to improperemotional development. If such conditions prevailed and sustained to higherdevelopmental stages, the conditions may be aggrieved. This condition will bedeveloped and considered as one of the reasons for alexithymia. The persons usingmore internets may have spent more time with electronic gadgets and may abstainfrom interpersonal interactions. It can be examined if explore the family relationships.The sample of the study consisted with 300 college students, studying in differentareas of knowledge in Kerala. The sample consisted the age group19 22 years. TheInternet Addiction Test, The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and Family Dynamic Scalewere used to investigate the problem.