The Mediating Role of Positive Feelings Toward Spouse on the Relationship between Self-control and Internet Addiction among Women Active on Social Media

The present research was conducted aiming to determine the mediating role of positive feelings toward spouse on the relationship between self-control and internet addiction among women active on social media. This study was a correlational one. The study population consisted of all married women active on the social networking site Instagram who were members of available pages from July to August of 2019.For this purpose, using purposive sampling method, 299 married women members of these pages were selected and were asked to complete the Internet addiction test, Positive Feelings and Self-Control Questionnaires.The Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. The results showed that each of the self-control dimensions including primary self-control(P < 0.05 and β = -0.454) and the inhibitory self-control(P < 0.05 and β = -0.317) can be predict the internet addiction in women. also The coefficients of standard and non-standard multivariate regression coefficients showed that positive feelings toward spouse(P <0.05 and β = -0.399) can predict internet addiction in women too. In addition, results showed that self-control through positive feelings toward spouse is indirectly related to internet addictio .nTherefore, it can be concluded that the reinforcement of positive feelings toward spouse can increase the level of self-control and thus indirectly reduce the rate of internet addiction in women.