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Risk personality traits of Internet addiction: A longitudinal study of Internet‐addicted C hinese university students
Author(s) -
Dong Guangheng,
Wang Jiangyang,
Yang Xuelong,
Zhou Hui
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00185.x
Subject(s) - psychoticism , neuroticism , addiction , psychology , the internet , personality , big five personality traits , eysenck personality questionnaire , clinical psychology , logistic regression , extraversion and introversion , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , world wide web , computer science
As the world's fastest growing “addiction”, Internet addiction is still controversial. The present study aimed to examine the potential personality predictors of Internet addicts. Methods Eight hundred and sixty‐eight students were tested using the E ysenck P ersonality Q uestionnaire after they had just entered university. Two years later, 49 were found to be addicted to the Internet as defined by high Internet addiction test scores. Comparisons of means and logistic regression analysis were used to explore their relationship. Results Students addicted to the I nternet showed higher N euroticism/ S tability scores, higher P sychoticism/ S ocialization scores, and lower L ie scores than their normal peers before their addiction. Regression results showed that Internet addiction was accounted by three independent variables: N euroticism/ S tability, P sychoticism/ S ocialization, and L ie. Conclusion These results suggest that the risk personality traits of Internet addiction include neuroticism, psychoticism, and immaturity.