Psychological and Behavioural Characteristics of Severe Internet Addicts
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چکیده
To explore the psychological and behavioral characteristics of severe internet addicts. Methods: 30 severe internet game addicts (aged from 16~25 years) and 43 non-addicts participated in the investigation. Measures included Internet Addiction Scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Social Support Questionnaire, Life Purpose Scale and Sensation Seeking Scale. Results: Internet addicts got significantly lower scores than non-addicts on Social Support Questionnaire (P<0.01), Life Purpose Scale (P<0.05) and Thrill and Adventure Seeking (TAS) (P<0.05). Scores of Objective Support, Utilization of Support and Sensation Seeking could predict the Internet Addiction score of the addict group. Internet addicts have significantly lower score on factor Lie of EPQ than nonaddicts (P<0.01). Conclusions: Severe internet game addicts have the characteristics of low social support, less purposes in life and less adventure tendency. Sensation Seeking and Social Support have predictive function for internet addiction degree.
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