Associations Among the Big Five Personality Traits, Maladaptive Cognitions, and Internet Addiction Across Three Time Measurements in 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yu, Tian; Zhao, Yanli; Lv, Fengling; Qin, Ningbo; Chen, Peipei

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.654825

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“…On the other hand, extroverted individuals are, at the same time, often impulsive and tend to search for new stimulation, which makes them more prone to engage in addictive behavior [ 18 ]. However, contrary to our results, some studies found that extraversion was negatively associated with IA [ 15 , 16 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 67 , 68 , 69 ]. Considering the openness to new experiences, our study revealed that there is a positive association between higher openness to new experiences and IA, which had also been shown in other similar studies [ 16 , 18 , 69 ].…”

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“…The present study confirmed that personality traits had a meaningful association with IA, which was also found in several other studies [ 10 , 15 , 18 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] and further revealed that Croatian university students’ higher neuroticism, higher extraversion, and higher openness to new experiences were significantly connected with IA. This finding is in concordance with the results of other similar studies that showed how higher neuroticism is positively related to IA, meaning that neuroticism can be a risk factor for IA development [ 6 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 26 , 55 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ]. The explanation for the observed connection lies in the fact that individuals with higher neuroticism experience more troubled relationships and distressed situations, and because of that, they are more prone to use the Internet to avoid the aforementioned unpleasant experiences [ 18 ].…”

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Personality Traits of Croatian University Students with Internet Addiction

Miškulin

Pavlović

Kovačević

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Behavioral Sciences

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Specific personality traits may predispose individuals to various forms of addictive behaviors. This study aimed to investigate the association between personality traits of university students and Internet addiction (IA). A sample of 1051 university students was recruited from the largest university in Eastern Croatia. A structured anonymous questionnaire that included questions regarding students’ sociodemographic information and Internet usage patterns, the Young Internet Addiction Test and Big Five Inventory served as a research tool. The study revealed that 1.0% of the studied sample expressed severe IA while 24.6% of study participants expressed some signs of addiction. The IA was detected in 576 (80.0%) students who used the Internet mainly for social networking, in 30 (78.9%) students who mainly used it for online gaming, and in 153 (52.2%) students who mainly used it for university assignments (p < 0.001). Higher neuroticism, higher extraversion, and higher openness to new experiences were connected with IA in general (p < 0.001). Higher neuroticism, higher extraversion, and higher openness to new experiences were significantly associated with addictive behavior during social networking (p < 0.001). Higher extraversion and higher openness to new experiences were significantly associated with addictive behavior during Internet usage for university assignments (p = 0.025), while there were no significant associations between specific personality traits and addictive behavior during online gaming (p = 0.059). Personality traits must be taken into account while developing programs and implementing interventions for preventing IA in the university student population.

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Personality Traits of Croatian University Students with Internet Addiction

Miškulin

Pavlović

Kovačević

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Numerous intrapersonal and interpersonal risk factors have been identified as influencing an individual's level of vulnerability, exposure, or response to a causative agent (Internet feature). 41,42 Individual intrapersonal and interpersonal variables, such as personality traits and psychosocial well-being have received the most attention in the existing literature on IA among adolencents. 16,43,44 a.…”

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Understanding Internet Addiction and its Associated Factors Among Children and Adolescents: A review of literature

Bukhori¹,

Ja'afar²

2022

IJPHR

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Internet Addiction (IA) is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue, particularly for children and adolescents. This review article discussed the complexity of IA diagnostic criteria and IA-related risk factors from a public health perspective with the intention of fostering a better understanding of IA. The entire discussion pointed out how the epidemiological triad of disease framework helps to explain the associated factors. This framework emphasises the agent (Internet characteristics and its content), host (e.g., self-personality, comorbidity, psychological status, inter- and intrapersonal relationship), and environment as extrinsic factors (i.e., physical pollution, socioeconomic status, availability, and accessibility of the Internet) that facilitate interaction between the agent and the host. Evaluation of all three components and their association with IA is essential as it allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how the issues arise, which can be useful in developing future effective public health measures for IA.

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“…For this research, the most used psychometric instrument is the Big-Five (Goldberg, 1992). [8] The study of Tian Yu et al 2021, [9] examined the longitudinal association among the Big-Five personality traits, maladaptive cognitions, and internet addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Chinese students. The results of the analysed data showed that (a) extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness were negatively associated with maladaptive cognitions and internet addiction, whereas neuroticism was found to be positively associated with maladaptive cognitions and internet addiction The study of Zhang Yue et al, 2021 [10] highlights that impulsivity, social support, and depression may predict internet addiction among male college freshmen.…”

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Neuropsychological Correlates of Internet Addiction

Pop‐Jordanova

Loleska

2021

Prilozi

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The Internet, mobile phones, and other similar tools are often necessary for the current functioning of both private life and business. During these two years of pandemic (2019-2021), Internet use, especially different games and mobile phones, were indispensable for the global population. Internet addiction is defined as a psychological dependence on the internet, regardless of the type of activity once logged on. Many studies have confirmed the correlation of stress, depression, and anxiety with internet addiction. It has also been proven that internet addiction, per se, increases the risk of depression, anxiety, and stress. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated and promoted social isolation along with unmonitored and increased screen time, all of which are the main causes of internet addiction. The aim of this article is to give a short review of internet addiction research, terminology, and symptoms related to brain functioning. The source material was articles cited in the database, PubMed. Our interest was especially oriented towards the personality characteristics of users and addicted persons as well as neuroimage findings among affected people. We selected the newest articles, published in the period of 2012-2021, of which there are more than 2000. The selected obtained results will be presented and discussed.

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Associations Among the Big Five Personality Traits, Maladaptive Cognitions, and Internet Addiction Across Three Time Measurements in 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 15 publications

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Personality Traits of Croatian University Students with Internet Addiction

Personality Traits of Croatian University Students with Internet Addiction

Understanding Internet Addiction and its Associated Factors Among Children and Adolescents: A review of literature

Neuropsychological Correlates of Internet Addiction

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