The relationship between personality traits and social acceptance level and internet addiction

Since internet is an important part of people life and its use increases rapidly, its excessive use leads to internet addiction and ultimately leads to disorders and problems in life. The present study aims to assess the relationship between personality traits and social acceptance level and internet addiction. For this purpose, 360 students of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman were selected using stratified cluster sampling. To collect data, Young’s 20-item questionnaire of internet addiction, Eysenck’s 48-item questionnaire of personality, and 33-item questionnaire of social acceptance were used. The data were analyzed using Spss 16 software and regression analysis method. Results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between internet addiction and social acceptance level and there is significant positive relationship between personality traits of neurosis and psychosis and internet addiction, while there is no relationship between extroversion and internet addicti).