Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits
Introduction: The internet has revolutionized the information age. There has been growing concern regarding internet addiction, despite its benefits. Personality trait such as neuroticism has been linked with internet addiction. Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalen...
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| description | Introduction: The internet has revolutionized the information age. There has been growing concern regarding internet addiction,
despite its benefits. Personality trait such as neuroticism has been linked with internet addiction.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of internet addiction and its association with personality
traits among college students.
Methods: College students age 18-24 who were doing an attachment in a government hospital were recruited into the study.
Internet addiction was assessed using the internet addiction test (IAT), whilst personality traits by using the cross cultural
Malay language 40-item Zuckerman-Kuhlman personality questionnaire (ZKPQ-M-40-CC)
Results: The prevalence of internet addiction was 31.8%, with moderate and severe use of internet at 30.7% and 1.1%,
respectively. Based on multiple logistic regression analysis, the impulsive sensation seeking and neuroticism-anxiety traits were
found to be significantly associated with internet addiction.
Conclusions: The prevalence of internet addiction is comparable to other studies conducted in Malaysia. Personality traits
impulsive sensation seeking and neuroticism-anxiety emerged as significant associated factors with internet addiction. Further
study to understand the role of personality traits in the development of internet addiction is recommended. |
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| spelling | usm-444032019-05-28T05:10:47Z http://eprints.usm.my/44403/ Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits Othman, Zahiruddin Chung, Wah Lee Yee, Cheng Kueh RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Introduction: The internet has revolutionized the information age. There has been growing concern regarding internet addiction, despite its benefits. Personality trait such as neuroticism has been linked with internet addiction. Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of internet addiction and its association with personality traits among college students. Methods: College students age 18-24 who were doing an attachment in a government hospital were recruited into the study. Internet addiction was assessed using the internet addiction test (IAT), whilst personality traits by using the cross cultural Malay language 40-item Zuckerman-Kuhlman personality questionnaire (ZKPQ-M-40-CC) Results: The prevalence of internet addiction was 31.8%, with moderate and severe use of internet at 30.7% and 1.1%, respectively. Based on multiple logistic regression analysis, the impulsive sensation seeking and neuroticism-anxiety traits were found to be significantly associated with internet addiction. Conclusions: The prevalence of internet addiction is comparable to other studies conducted in Malaysia. Personality traits impulsive sensation seeking and neuroticism-anxiety emerged as significant associated factors with internet addiction. Further study to understand the role of personality traits in the development of internet addiction is recommended. Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44403/1/IA%20Personality%20IMJ%2024%285%29375%20-%20378.pdf Othman, Zahiruddin and Chung, Wah Lee and Yee, Cheng Kueh (2017) Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits. International Medical Journal, 24 (5). pp. 375-378. ISSN 1341-2051 http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ/backnumber-IMJ.html |
| spellingShingle | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Othman, Zahiruddin Chung, Wah Lee Yee, Cheng Kueh Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title | Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive
Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title_full | Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive
Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title_fullStr | Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive
Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive
Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title_short | Internet Addiction and Personality: Association with Impulsive
Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety Traits |
| title_sort | internet addiction and personality: association with impulsive
sensation seeking and neuroticism-anxiety traits |
| topic | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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