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ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 32-35Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.039
Keywords
Addictive behavior; Adolescents; Internet addiction; Gaming addiction; Personality; Social networking
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- Small Project Funding of The University of Hong Kong [201209176147]
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This study investigated the associations between personality traits, based on the Big Five model, and addictive behaviors to different online activities among adolescents. A sample of 920 participants was recruited from four secondary schools in different districts using random cluster sampling. A structured questionnaire, including demographic information, internet usage pattern, the Internet Addiction Test, the Game Addiction Scale, the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale - Revised, and the Big Five Inventory, was administered to each participant. The results demonstrated a significant difference in personality traits for addictive behaviors related to different online activities. Specifically, higher neuroticism (beta = 0.15, p < 0.001) and less conscientiousness (beta = 0.12, p < 0.001) displayed significant associations with internet addiction in general; less conscientiousness (beta = 0.09, p < 0.01) and low openness (A = 0.06, p < 0.05) were significantly associated with gaming addiction; and neuroticism beta = 0.15, p < 0.001) and extraversion (beta = 0.10, p < 0.01) were significantly associated with social networking addiction. Our findings may provide a better understanding of the etiopathology of internet-related addictive behaviors and have implications for psychoeducation and psychotherapy programs. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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