Internet addiction and its related factors: a study of an Iranian population
To examine the problem of internet addiction within the perspective of consumers· personality, behavior and demographic characteristics.
This cross-sectional study was performed using 3 questionnaires, including Young's scale to measure the degree of tendency towards internet addiction and Mayer's - Briggs Type indicator (MBTI)• which has four dimensions for personality- and Dean's Alienation Scales (DAS) to measure alienation. There were a total of 732 respondents, aged 15 to 39 years. Responses were analyzed using factor analysis, analysis of variance, and multiple regression techniques.
Thirty percent of the respondents were addicted to the internet and showed various degrees of alienation, a sense of being powerless, isolated, introverted or excessively emotional.
It is essential to organize educational programs and counseling services to decrease internet addiction within Iranian families.