A descriptive survey design with quantitative approach was used to collect data from 200 undergraduate and postgraduate college students at selected college of Delhi University to assess the relationship of internet addiction with depression, anxiety and stress. The data was collected in the month of February 2017 using standardized IAT (Internet Addiction Test) and DASS (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales). Most of the 111(55.5%) of the students had moderate internet addiction, 75(37.5%) had mild internet addiction, 8(4%) were normal internet user and 6(3%) of the students had severe internet addiction. Maximum 88(44%) of the students belongs to 20-22 years age group. 116(58%) of the students were females and 84(42%) were males. Most of the students 91(45.5%) were from urban residence. Most of the students parental education was up to graduation level with 62(31%) among the mothers and 81(40.5%) among the fathers. Most of the 132(66%) student’s father’s occupation were from non-IT background. Equal group was homogenous in terms of the field of education of students within the course. Maximum number of 159(79.5%) of the students were enrolled in the course with duration of 3 years. Most of the 70(35%) of the students spent 3-4 hrs on internet per day. The purpose of internet use for maximum 94(47%) of the students was for academic and entertainment. Findings shows that internet addiction is positively correlated with depression (r = 0.32, p<0.05), anxiety (r = 0.29, p<0.05) and stress (r = 0.30, p<0.05).76(38%) of the students had moderate level of depression, 75(37.5%) had extremely severe level of anxiety and 90(45%) had moderate level of stress. There was a significant association of internet addiction with the age, gender, habitat, time spent on internet per day and purpose of internet use at a significant level of 0.05.
