Showing 13 results for Internet Addiction
Somayeh Sabzmaneshjafari, Fazlolah Mirderikvand, Masoud Sadeghi,
Volume 17, Issue 71 (1-2019)
Abstract
Background: Students as one of the most important target groups of behavioral education constitute a large part of our society today. Aims: The present was aimed to investigate the effect of teaching life skills on social acceptance and Internet addiction in second grade secondary school students in Kermanshah. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-and post design with control group. Using a multi-stage random cluster sampling, 30 of them were selected as the sample and they were randomly divided into control and experimental groups of 15 subjects. The instruments of this research were Internet addiction (Yang, 1998) and Social Acceptance Questionnaire (Crown & Marlow, 1996). Before the intervention, pretest was performed for both groups. Then, life skills training sessions were performed for 10 sessions of 60 minutes, during the three months in the experimental group, but the control group did not receive any interventions. After the end of the sessions, after-test was performed from both groups. Results: Results obtained from multivariate covariance analysis indicated that life skills training reduced Internet addiction and increased social acceptance in the experimental group (P<0/01). Conclusions: the Life skills training has a significant effect on social acceptance and online addiction.
Fatemeh Kafi Nia, Hadi Farhadi,
Volume 19, Issue 85 (3-2020)
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Background: Internet addiction is a phenomenon which damages the students’ social, communicative, cognitive, psychological and emotional processes of the students. This study seeks to investigate whether cognitive-behavioral group therapy will improve emotional self-awareness and problem solving ability of students with internet addiction in secondary school.
Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotional self-awareness and problem-solving skill of secondary high school students with internet addiction. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and 45-day follow-up. The statistical population included all secondary high school students with internet addiction who were 40 students owning the criteria of entering the study and were purposefully selected and randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. The applied instruments in the study included internet addiction questionnaire (Yang, 1996), emotional self-awareness questionnaire (Grant, et.al, 2002) and problem-solving questionnaire (Hepner, 1988). The experimental group received group cognitive-behavioral therapeutic intervention in nine ninety-minute sessions during two-and-a-half months once a week while the control group didn’t receive them. Then the students in both groups took the posttest. The follow-up stage was administered after 45 days. The data analysis of the study was done mixed ANOVA method. Results: The results showed that group cognitive-behavioral therapy has significant effect on emotional self-awareness and problem-solving skill of the students with internet addiction at the posttest and follow-up stages (p<0/001). Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study it seems that through cognitive-behavioral therapy, emotional self-awareness and problem-solving skill of the students with internet addiction can be increased.
Peyman Mamsharifi, Negar Akbari Bejandi, Nazanin Asadi,
Volume 19, Issue 89 (7-2020)
Abstract
Background: Internet addiction can cause psychological damage. Various variables can contribute to internet addiction, such as quality of life, life satisfaction, and stress coping strategies. The research question is whether stress coping strategies play a mediating role in the relationship between quality of life and life satisfaction with internet addiction?
Aims: The purpose of this study was to develop a model for predicting internet addiction based on quality of life and life satisfaction with mediating role of stress coping strategies.
Method: The present research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students at Allameh Tabataba'i and Al-Zahra Universities in the year 2018-19. The sampling method was available in which 300 students were selected as sample group based on admission and exit criteria. Research tools were Young Internet Addiction Questionnaire (1996), World Health Organization Quality Questionnaire (1996), Diener et al. Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (1985), and Billings and Mouse Coping Strategies Questionnaire (1981). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and path analysis.
Results: The results showed that all variables of the research except for the emotion-focused coping strategy had a significant negative relationship with internet addiction. The results of the path analysis indicated that the model fit in well, in which both quality of life and life satisfaction directly and indirectly (through stress coping strategies) predicted Internet addiction (p< 0/001).
Conclusions: Quality of life and life satisfaction appear to play a key role in Internet addiction, along with other factors, including how to deal with individual problems, and the need to pay attention to these factors in prevention programs.
Hasan Teymorzadeh, Mohammad Mohammadipour, Abolfazl Bakhshipour,
Volume 20, Issue 102 (9-2021)
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Background: Internet addiction is a disorder characterized by the excessive use of the internet and can affect an individual's other social functions. Hence, it is necessary to identify factors that reduce dependence on the internet and its adverse consequences. Aims: This study aimed to identify the predicting effect of psychological capital on internet addiction in order to help to design protective strategies by the use of the mediating role of academic engagement. Method: This research was a descriptive survey with a correlational and structural equation modeling type. The statistical population of the study consisted survey of the 1200 students who were studying at Farhangian University of North Khorasan (2019-2020). By the use the systematic random sampling method, 300 of the students were randomly selected and filled out Young's Internet Addiction (1998), luthans' psychological capital (2007), and Reeve academic engagement questionnaires (2013). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data, using the SPSS 24 and Amos 23 software. Results: The results showed that psychological capital and academic engagement have a negative and significant effect on internet addiction. Moreover, academic engagement has a mediating role in the relationship between psychological capital and internet addiction. Considering the model fit indices (GFI=.92, PCFI=.74, CFI=.91, RMSEA=.075, X2/d.f=2.564(, the proposed model has a good fit. Conclusions: Regarding the negative relationship between psychological capital and academic engagement with internet addiction, the managers and policymakers of the university can control internet addiction by providing conditions for raising the psychological capital indicators and increasing academic engagement.
Fatemeh Hazrat Bagi, Parviz Asgari, Behnam Makvandi, Amin Koraei,
Volume 21, Issue 114 (9-2022)
Abstract
Background: The results of research indicate that the Internet addiction, as an impulse control disorder and maladaptive pattern of Internet use, leads to significant disruption in cognitive, academic and occupational problems in a person's life. In addition, the rumination or thoughts that the individual has repeatedly in their mind about negative felings and events might lead to catatrophizing. Although many studies have focused on problem - solving strategies and spiritual intelligence as preventative skills to improve coping with traumatic events, there is a research gap in the context of investigating these variables.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationshipsof problem solving skills and spiritual intelligence with the tendency to Internet addiction according the mediating role of rumination.
Method: Using descriptive-correlation study, 353 Internet users (19-35 year old) were selected randomly. The evaluation of the proposed model was done by modeling structural equations.Computer and SPSS and lisrel software were used for statistical calculations and analysis.
Results: The research results showed that the research model fits well.The results of Pearson correlation coefficient test showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between the variables of problem solving skills and spiritual intelligence on the rate of Internet addiction (p<0.01).
Conclusions: Intrnt addiction hasdiffent behavoural coorelates such as problem solving and sprotual intelligence that can be moderated by various process.
Masoumeh Gharib Bolouk, Niloofar Mikaeili, Sajjad Basharpoor,
Volume 21, Issue 116 (11-2022)
Abstract
Background: Although numerous factors are at play at different cognitive, personality trait, emotional, and behavioral levels in sleep quality in adolescents, the wider picture is still unclear.
Aims: This study aimed to predict sleep quality in adolescents based on dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, neuroticism, Internet addiction, and anxiety sensitivity mediated by emotion regulation strategies and mindfulness.
Methods: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used in this study. The statistical population included all female and male senior high school students in Damghan, Iran in the 2020–21 academic year. Three hundred and twenty nine adolescents were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Research instruments were Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS) (Morin et al., 1993), NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Short Form (NEO-FFI-SF) (Costa and McCrae, 1989), Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (Young, 1998), Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, and McNally, 1986), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ–CA) (Gross and John, 2003), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) (Ryan and Brown, 2003), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al., 1989). The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and SEM.
Results: The findings showed that mindfulness and adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies mediated the relationship of neuroticism, anxiety sensitivity, dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and Internet addiction with sleep quality (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that the structural model of the research had a good fit and hence Clinical therapists specializing in adolescents’ mental health are recommended to take into consideration the role of these components.
Mehran Jokar, Jahangir Karami, Khodamorad Momeni,
Volume 21, Issue 118 (12-2022)
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Background: Studies showed that the extreme use of the Internet that is prevalent among adolescents today affects their depression, social anxiety, and academic performance, communication with parents, self-esteem, and efficiency. Internet use expectancies and coping strategies also affect the relationship between the underlying factors and Internet addiction.
Aims: In this regard, this study examined the model of predicting Internet addiction in high school students.
Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study and its population was all male and female high school students in Gorgan city. Research instruments included the Young Internet addiction test (2013), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965), the Schwartz Self-Efficacy Scale (1995), inventory for chronic stress (Schultz, 2004), brief cope (Carver,1997) and Wegmanns Internet use expectancies.
Results: The findings showed that the aspects of psychological pathology have no significant effect on Internet addiction (P> 0. 1). But personality aspects and social cognitions have a negative effect on Internet addiction (P<0.01). Also, the effect of Internet usage expectations on the relationship between pathology and Internet addiction (P<0.913); between personality aspects and internet addiction (P<0.917), and on the relationship between social aspects and internet addiction (P<0.951) is not significant. Additionally, coping strategies have a positive and significant effect on the relationship between pathology and Internet addiction (P<0.000) and have a negative and significant effect on the relationship between personality and Internet addiction (P<0.000).
Conclusion: It seems that controlling mood and anxiety symptoms, teaching strategies to increase self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceived social support and coping skills, and changing Internet use expectations are helpful in preventing the development and maintenance of Internet addiction.
Mohammad Mehrad Sadr, Ahmad Borjali, Hossein Eskandary, Ali Delavar,
Volume 22, Issue 121 (3-2023)
Abstract
Background: Different treatment approaches only target internet addiction symptoms and do not address its cause. The internal family systems model is a non-pathological and experiential approach to treating disorders that deals with the cause instead of the symptoms. Still, there is a research gap in designing and validating a treatment program based on this approach and investigating its efficacy on Internet Addiction.
Aims: This study aimed to design and validate a therapy program based on the internal family systems model and investigate its efficacy on Internet addiction.
Methods: The current research was conducted in two stages in a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) way. In the first stage, a therapy program for internet addiction based on the internal family systems model was prepared in draft form, modified based on seven expert opinions, and validated by CVI and CVR indices. The method of the second phase of the research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population includes all people with symptoms of Internet addiction (addiction to social networks) in WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram in the virtual space of Iran in the year 2021. The research sample consisted of 35 participants selected through the convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental group (17 people) and the control group (18 people). Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (1989) was used to evaluate Internet addiction symptoms. Data were analyzed using a differential t-test and repeated measure analysis by SPSS 22.
Results: CVI and CVR indices were equal to 1, indicating the designed program's validity. The differential t-test results showed that the reduction of Internet addiction scores in the experimental group was significantly higher than in the control group (P<0001). Also, the repeated measure analysis results showed no difference between post-test and follow-up Internet addiction scores (P>05).
Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the therapy program designed based on the internal family systems approach is valid and reduces Internet addiction symptoms. The program can be used to treat internet addiction
Forozan Kamangar, Behnam Makvandi, Rezvan Homaei, Saeed Bakhtiarpour, Marjan Alizadeh,
Volume 22, Issue 132 (12-2023)
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Background: The results research of show that self-regulated people have academic engagement and excessive dependence on the Internet in students can affect not only mental health, but also their academic performance. Researches related to academic engagement have been done. However, there is a research gap in the relationship between academic engagement and academic ethics, how to use the Internet, and problems among students.
Aims: The purpose of the research was to present a structural model of academic engagement based on self-regulation and Internet addiction with the mediation of academic ethics in students.
Methods: The present research method is descriptive of correlation type. The statistical population was made up of female students in the second period of secondary school in Ahvaz city, 358 of whom were selected by stratified random sampling method. Data collection tools using Bouffard's self-regulation questionnaire (1995), Yang's Internet addiction (1998), Rio's academic engagement (2013) and Gol Parvar's academic ethics (2019)., were analyzed. The data were analyzed by structural equation method and in SPSS version 26 and Amos version 26 software.
Results: The results of structural equations showed that the direct paths of self-regulation, internet addiction and academic ethics to academic engagement and self-regulation to academic ethics were statistically significant (P< 0.05). But the direct path of internet addiction to academic ethics was not significant. The results showed that in the indirect paths, the path of self-regulation to academic engagement through academic ethics was significant (P< 0.05), but the path of Internet addiction to academic engagement through academic ethics was not significant.
Conclusion: The results showed that academic ethics can play a mediating role between self-regulation and academic engagement in students. As a result, it can be stated that self-regulation has an effective role in strengthening academic ethics and increasing the level of efficiency of students' academic engagement.
Afzal Akbari Balootbangan, Soudabeh Ershadi Manesh, Fatemeh Abdpoor,
Volume 23, Issue 135 (5-2024)
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Background: Today, new social harms have emerged at the level of schools, which overshadowed the personal and academic lives of many students. Considering the importance of cyberbullying, Internet addiction and alexithymia, as well as the gap in research, it seems necessary to provide a coherent model in this field and conduct more studies.
Aims: The purpose of the present study was to present a model of self-esteem and Internet addiction in secondary school students based on cyberbullying with the mediating role of alexithymia.
Methods: The current research was a description of the type of correlation and structural equation studies. The statistical population of the research included all female students of second secondary schools in Yasuj city in the academic year of 2022-2023. 250 people were selected by cluster sampling method and the questionnaires of cyberbullying by Setin et al. (2011), Rosenberg's self-esteem (1963), Internet addiction Young (1999) and alexithymia Bagby et al. (1994) responded enthusiastically. Finally, the data were collected and analyzed by Pearson correlation and structural equations modeling using SPSSV19 and AMOSV20 software.
Results: The results showed that cyberbullying had a positive, direct and significant effect on alexithymia and internet addiction and a negative, direct and significant effect on self-esteem
(P< 0.01). Also, alexithymia had a mediating role in the relationship between cyberbullying and self-esteem and Internet addiction (P< 0.01).
Conclusion: In the end, it can be said that the final model of the research has a good fit, and therefore, the awareness of teachers, managers, parents, students and other experts in the field of education about the variables of this model can help prevent new social harms in schools.
Mohammad Hassan Yusufi, Hasan Ali Veiskarami, Mohammad Ali Sepahvandi,
Volume 23, Issue 139 (9-2024)
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Background: Internet addiction can include psychological pathology. Several variables play a role in Internet addiction, which can be mentioned as depression, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem with Internet addiction. The question of research is whether there is a correlation between internet addiction and depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem?
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate psychopathologic correlates of internet addiction in Afghan Student studying in Iranian universities.
Methods: The current research was a descriptive correlational study that was conducted in the academic year of 2022-2023.A total of 268 people (159 boys, 109 girls), from Afghan students studying in Iranian universities, who were selected by stratified random sampling, completed three scales; Internet addiction test, depression, anxiety, stress test and Rosenberg self-esteem test were used. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation, regression analysis and t-test.
Results: Results revealed a significant positive correlation between depression, anxiety, and stress with Internet addiction (P< 0.01).Furthermore, depression, stress, and anxiety were found to be significant predictors of Internet addiction (P< 0/0001). Anxiety which accounted for 13% of the variance was the best predictor, followed by depression (2%) and stress (3%).The Prevalence of internet addiction was significantly higher among male subjects. Finally, our results suggested that Self-Esteem is largely irrelevant to internet addiction (P> 0.05).Background: Internet addiction can include psychological pathology. Several variables play a role in Internet addiction, which can be mentioned as depression, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem with Internet addiction. The question of research is whether there is a correlation between internet addiction and depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem?
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate psychopathologic correlates of internet addiction in Afghan Student studying in Iranian universities.
Methods: The current research was a descriptive correlational study that was conducted in the academic year of 2022-2023.A total of 268 people (159 boys, 109 girls), from Afghan students studying in Iranian universities, who were selected by stratified random sampling, completed three scales; Internet addiction test, depression, anxiety, stress test and Rosenberg self-esteem test were used. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation, regression analysis and t-test.
Results: Results revealed a significant positive correlation between depression, anxiety, and stress with Internet addiction (P< 0.01).Furthermore, depression, stress, and anxiety were found to be significant predictors of Internet addiction (P< 0/0001). Anxiety which accounted for 13% of the variance was the best predictor, followed by depression (2%) and stress (3%).The Prevalence of internet addiction was significantly higher among male subjects. Finally, our results suggested that Self-Esteem is largely irrelevant to internet addiction (P> 0.05).
Conclusion: Considering that Internet addiction can be predicted through the dimensions of depression and anxiety; therefore, the results of this research have important points in the field of education of students suffering from Internet addiction and therapeutic interventions to control their psychological dysfunction.
Conclusion: Considering that Internet addiction can be predicted through the dimensions of depression and anxiety; therefore, the results of this research have important points in the field of education of students suffering from Internet addiction and therapeutic interventions to control their psychological dysfunction.
Mohamadhadi Mehrazin, Khalil Ghafari, Mohsen Gol Mohammadian, Hassan Heydari,
Volume 24, Issue 151 (9-2025)
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Background: Internet addiction is a problem that threatens the mental and social health of teenagers. It is very important to identify and understand the factors that lead to Internet addiction. There is a research gap regarding the role of media literacy and cognitive emotion regulation in predicting Internet addiction based on parenting style and psychological control of period high school students.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to developing a prediction model for Internet addiction based on parenting style and psychological control and the mediating role of media literacy and cognitive regulation of emotion in period high school students of Kermanshah.
Methods: The method of this descriptive research was correlational. The statistical population of the research included all the period high school students in Kermanshah in the academic year of 2023-2024. In order to select a statistical sample using the multi-stage cluster sampling method, 384 students of the period high school in Kermanshah were selected. Data collection tools in this research include Young's Internet Addiction questionnaire (Young, 1998), Parenting Style Inventory (Baumrind, 1991), Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control Scale (Soenens et al., 2010), Media literacy questionnaire (Thoman, 1995) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006). Also, the data of this research were analyzed through path analysis method and using SMARTPLS software.
Results: The results showed that Internet addiction can be predicted through parenting methods directly and with the mediating role of media literacy and cognitive regulation of emotion (P< 0.05), But it is not interpreted directly and with a mediating role through psychological control.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this research, it is suggested that educational programs in schools should be considered in order to make parents more aware of the harmful effects of excessive use of the Internet on their children. Also, considering the confirmation of the influence of the parenting method on the state of Internet addiction in this research, these trainings can help parents in effective parenting methods.
Seyed Sajjad Hosseini, Mehriye Panahi,
Volume 24, Issue 154 (12-2025)
Abstract
Background: xercise and physical activity, as well as affecting the human body, also affect the soul and mind.
Aims: The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between body dysmorphic disorders, body image concerns, and Internet addiction with the mediating role of sports participation
Methods: The present study is of an applied objective type and is a type of correlational research. It consists of two parts: library study and collection of theoretical discussions, and in the field section, distribution of questionnaires (body dysmorphic disorder questionnaire, body image questionnaire, Internet addiction questionnaire, and sports participation questionnaire). The statistical population is the female students entering 1403-1404 at the Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch. To determine the sample size, the Morgan table was used and 210 people were selected as a sample. The sampling method is random and available. And the data obtained from the extraction of questionnaires were entered into SPSS version 23 software, then by examining the normality and outliers and missing points, the descriptive statistics section of percentage and frequency and mean and standard deviation was examined, then structural equation analysis of correlation was carried out with IMOS 23 software. Also, the normality of the variables was examined based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, which showed the normality of the data (P>0.05). Also, the reliability results of the variables based on Cronbach's alpha were reported to be above 0.97% in all cases.
Results: With increased sports participation, body dysmorphic disorders, concerns about body image, and Internet addiction are reduced. CMIN/DF = 1.146, RMSEA = 0.013.
Conclusion: With sports, young people are less inclined to ugly and destructive habits such as addiction and are less exposed to harms such as depression and depression. Sports are a kind of prevention and insurance against diseases caused by inactivity and low mobility.
