@article{ref1,
title="The Relationship Between Personality, Defense Styles, Internet Addiction Disorder, and Psychopathology in College Students",
journal="Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking",
year="2014",
author="Floros, Georgios D. and Siomos, Konstantinos and Stogiannidou, Ariadni and Giouzepas, Ioannis and Garyfallos, Georgios",
volume="17",
number="10",
pages="672-676",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-2715",
doi="10.1089/cyber.2014.0182",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0182"
}