Tsiolka E, Bergiannaki I D, Margariti M, Malliori M, Papageorgiou Ch
1st Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens.
Mental Health Treatment Unit, Evgenidion Hospital, University of Athens.
Psychiatriki. 2017 Jul-Sep;28(3):211-218. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2017.283.211.
Internet addiction is a matter of great interest for researchers, taking into consideration Internet's rapid spread and its ever growing use in children, adolescents and adults. It has been associated with multiple psychological symptoms and social difficulties, therefore raising even greater concerns for its adverse consequences. The present study that consists part of a broader research, aims to investigate the association between excessive Internet use and personality traits in an adult population. Specifically, the research examined the relation between dysfunctional internet behaviour and personality traits as neuroticism and extraversion, the two personality dimensions that have arisen as the most important ones in all relevant research. Our main hypotheses are that dysfunctional internet behaviour would be positively associated with neuroticism but negatively linked to extraversion. The 1211 participants aged over 18 years, completed the IAT (Internet Addiction Test) by Kimberly Young and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and some other questionnaires detecting psychopathology. Additionally, part of the administered questionnaires concerned socio-demographic characteristics of the participant subjects: specifically sex, age, marital status, education (educational years), place of residence -urban, semi-urban and rural-, whether they suffer from somatic or mental health disorder and if they take medication for any of the above categories. All the questionnaires have been electronically completed by each participant. Results showed that 7.7% showed dysfunctional internet behaviour that concerns both medium and severe degree of dependence by the use of Internet, as measured by the use of IAT. The univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the individuals exhibiting symptoms of dysfunctional internet behaviour were more likely to suffer from a chronic mental health disorder, to use psychotropic medication and to score higher on neuroticism. In contrast, they were less likely to have children and be extraverted. Multiple logistic regression analysis confirmed that neuroticism and extraversion were independently associated with dysfunctional internet behaviour. Individuals with high scores on neuroticism were more likely to meet the criteria for dysfunctional internet behaviour, while high scores on extraversion were associated with a lower probability of dysfunctional internet behaviour. Identification of personality traits that could be connected to some sort of "addictive personality" -particularly neuroticism and Introversion- might help researchers to identify and prevent internet addiction on the early stages and possibly could have a positive contribution to the therapeutic treatment of this addiction disorder.
考虑到互联网的迅速普及及其在儿童、青少年和成年人中的使用不断增加，网络成瘾是研究人员非常感兴趣的一个问题。它与多种心理症状和社交困难有关，因此其不良后果引发了更大的担忧。本研究是一项更广泛研究的一部分，旨在调查成年人群中过度使用互联网与人格特质之间的关联。具体而言，该研究考察了功能失调的网络行为与神经质和外向性等人格特质之间的关系，这两个人格维度在所有相关研究中已成为最重要的维度。我们的主要假设是，功能失调的网络行为与神经质呈正相关，但与外向性呈负相关。1211名18岁以上的参与者完成了金伯利·杨的网络成瘾测试（IAT）、艾森克人格问卷（EPQ）以及其他一些检测精神病理学的问卷。此外，部分所发放的问卷涉及参与对象的社会人口学特征：具体包括性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度（受教育年限）、居住地——城市、半城市和农村——他们是否患有躯体或精神健康障碍以及是否针对上述任何一类情况服用药物。所有问卷均由每位参与者以电子方式完成。结果显示，7.7%的人表现出功能失调的网络行为，这涉及通过IAT测量的对互联网使用的中度和重度依赖。单因素逻辑回归分析表明，表现出功能失调网络行为症状的个体更有可能患有慢性精神健康障碍、使用精神药物且在神经质方面得分更高。相比之下，他们生育孩子的可能性较小且性格外向的可能性较小。多因素逻辑回归分析证实，神经质和外向性与功能失调的网络行为独立相关。神经质得分高的个体更有可能符合功能失调网络行为的标准，而外向性得分高与功能失调网络行为的可能性较低相关。识别可能与某种“成瘾人格”相关的人格特质——特别是神经质和内向性——可能有助于研究人员在早期阶段识别和预防网络成瘾，并可能对这种成瘾障碍的治疗产生积极贡献。
