Citation

Floros GD, Siomos K, Stogiannidou A, Giouzepas I, Garyfallos G. Cyberpsychol. Behav. Soc. Netw. 2014; 17(10): 672-676.

Affiliation

1 2nd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Greece .

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/cyber.2014.0182

PMID

25225916

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess any underlying links between personality, defense styles, Internet addiction disorder (IAD), and psychopathology in a college student sample. This is a cross-sectional study of fourth-year Greek Medical students who responded in a comprehensive test battery, which included validated questionnaires on IAD, personality traits, patterns of psychological defense styles, and psychopathology symptoms. A path model that was tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS) methodology showed that the defense styles employed by the students and certain personality traits (Impulsivity, Sensation Seeking, Neuroticism/Anxiety, and Aggression-Hostility) contributed to the prediction of variability in IAD, with IAD in turn predicting variability in overt psychopathology.

Language: en