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Abstract
The present research is aimed at investigation of relationship between internet addiction and social intelligence level among students (adolescents) and also the gender based differences of internet addiction and social intelligence. The study of adolescence has always been an interesting subject to explore. Adolescence is the vulnerable age group in the society. Growing up as a teenage is usually pretty stressful and exciting at the same time. It is because socially, the adolescents are no longer a child, yet the adult. Therefore, the importance of social skills among adolescents is very crucial. Moreover, one of the factors for psychosocial disorder related to social cohesion is due to lack of the skills needed to develop social relations during adolescence. Good social relation is a major factor in social well being and positive adolescence development which helps in shaping the future of an individual. These are the reasons for our motivation to do this research work. Major findings of this research were that there is a significant relationship between social intelligence and use of internet (negative) among adolescents and there is no significant relationship between social intelligence and use of internet among male and female students.