Exploring the effects of demographic factors, Internet usage and personality traits on Internet addiction in a sample of Italian university students

Servidio, Rocco

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.024

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“…We found significant differences in the Problematic Internet Use Scale dimensions in terms of gender, with male students scoring higher than female students in all three dimensions. This finding supports previous studies that have found that male students are more susceptible to problematic Internet use (Carbonell et al, 2012;Esen & Siyez, 2011;Frangos et al, 2010;Grenberg, Jewis, & Dod, 1999;Lam, Peng, Mai, & Jing, 2009;Muñoz-Rivas, Fernández, & Gámez-Guadix, 2010;Niemz, Griffiths, & Banyard, 2005;Scherer, 1997;González, & Orgaz, 2014;Li, Shi,& Dang, 2014;Servidio, 2014).…”

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Life satisfaction and family functions as-predictors of problematic Internet use in university students

Kabasakal

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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confidence: 93%

Life satisfaction and family functions as-predictors of problematic Internet use in university students

Kabasakal

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…There are many study results consistent with this finding (2)(3)(4)42). This condition can be explained as males are more interested in technological improvements (43) or male use computers more commonly, and go to places like internet cafe more frequently (44). Moreover, it should also be considered that addiction is more commonly encountered among males.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

The assessment of the relationship between problematic internet use and parent-adolescent relationship quality, loneliness, anger, and problem solving skills

Say¹,

Batıgün²

2016

Dusunen Adam

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The assessment of the relationship between problematic internet use and parent-adolescent relationship quality, loneliness, anger, and problem solving skillsObjective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between problematic internet use, and parent-adolescent relationship quality, loneliness, anger, and problem solving skills. Another aim of the current study was to find out differences related to sociodemographic variables, such as gender and socioeconomic status in problematic internet use. Method: The sample was composed of 402 university students. Online Cognition Scale, Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Problem Solving Inventory and Multidimensional Anger Inventory were used. The statistical analysis of data was conducted by using correlation analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple mediation model test (Bootstrap). Results: The results revealed that 16.4% of participants had high scores on problematic internet use, and spent 2.7 hours (SD=1.23) a day on the internet on average. Males had higher levels of problematic internet use when compared to females. The results of mediating effects of anger, problem solving, and loneliness on relationship quality between parent-adolescents, and problematic internet use revealed that these variables partially mediated the relationship between negative mother-adolescent relationship and problematic internet use. Discussion: These results provide helpful tips that can be used in the prevention and intervention programs related to problematic internet use. Psychological counseling and psychotherapy in practice may include strengthening the relationship between adolescents with problematic internet use and their parents. Moreover, following the assessment of their loneliness, and anger levels, and problem solving skills, interventions related to communications skills, anger management, and problem solving approaches may decrease their problematic internet use. Keywords: Anger, internet, loneliness, problem solving ÖZET Problemli internet kullanımı ile ebeveyn-ergen ilişki niteliği, yalnızlık, öfke ve problem çözme becerileri arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesi Amaç: Çalışmanın temel amacı, problemli internet kullanımı ile ebeveyn-ergen ilişki niteliği, yalnızlık, öfke ve problem çözme becerileri arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesidir. Ayrıca problemli internet kullanımının cinsiyet ve sosyo-ekonomik düzey gibi sosyodemografik değişkenler açısından nasıl farklılaştığının belirlenmesi de diğer bir amaçtır. Yöntem: Çalışmanın örneklemini 402 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. İnternette Bilişsel Durum Ölçeği, EbeveynErgen İlişki Niteliği Ölçeği, UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği, Problem Çözme Envanteri ve Çok Boyutlu Öfke Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler; korelasyon, varyans analizi (ANOVA) ve çoklu aracılı model testi (Bootstrap) gibi istatistik analiz yöntemleri ile incelenmiştir. Bulgular: Örneklemin %16.4'ünün problemli internet kullanımı puanlarının yüksek olduğu ve bu bireylerin günde ort...

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“…Adolescents with a low level of agreeableness could be more oriented towards developing problematic internet use as a means to satisfy their personal needs. Contrarily, normal agreeable subjects are less likely to exhibit internet addiction given their high quality prosocial interaction [11]. The lack of a significant difference between the two groups may be attributable to the fact that few participants had a serious internet addiction.…”

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confidence: 79%

Association of Personality Traits and Risk of Internet Addiction in Adolescents

Öztürk

Bektaş

Ayar

et al. 2015

Asian Nursing Research

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Exploring the effects of demographic factors, Internet usage and personality traits on Internet addiction in a sample of Italian university students

Cited by 116 publications

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Life satisfaction and family functions as-predictors of problematic Internet use in university students

Life satisfaction and family functions as-predictors of problematic Internet use in university students

The assessment of the relationship between problematic internet use and parent-adolescent relationship quality, loneliness, anger, and problem solving skills

Association of Personality Traits and Risk of Internet Addiction in Adolescents

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