University Student Internet Addiction and Well-Being Survey Data from Kazakhstan

416 university students aged 17–23 from two Kazakh universities participated in a six-week intervention study. Data includes pre-post scores on the Chen Internet Addiction Scale and Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale, collected by Gulzhan Niyazova. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the effectiveness of digital literacy interventions based on pre-post changes in CIAS scores.
• Studying correlations between internet use patterns and psychological well-being based on Ryff scale scores.
• Evaluating behavioral changes in digital self-regulation based on reported strategy adoption rates.
• Comparing passive scrolling versus deliberate online planning behaviors before and after an educational intervention.

Strengths

• Includes pre-post data for 416 participants, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Reports specific outcome metrics: CIAS score decreased by 7.1% and Ryff score increased by 3.6%.
• Provides detailed process indicators, such as passive scrolling decreasing from 61.3% to 42.8%.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the two universities sampled in Kazakhstan.

Provenance

Source

Gulzhan Niyazova via figshare.

Collection Method

Quantitative psychometric survey and one-group pre-post intervention assessment.

Time Range

Likely corresponds to the study period, but specific dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 04:30:42; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kazakhstan, specifically students from K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University and Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University.