The Relationship between Psychological Capital and Spirituality with Internet Addiction among Students at Jondishapuor University of Medical Sciences

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the psychological capital and spirituality and Internet addiction in students studying at Jondishapuor University of Medical Sciences.
In this descriptive-correlational study, applying a multi-stage cluster sampling method, 360 students in the second semester of the 2014-15 academic year were selected. The participants completed Young’s Internet addiction questionnaire, Luthans’ psychological capital questionnaire, and Parsian & Dunning’s spiritual questionnaire. Running SPSS 20 statistical software, the data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis.
Ethical Considerations: Verbal informed consent was obtained from the participants and the confidentiality of their information was assured.
Findings: Students fell in the age range of 18 to 26, with the mean and standard deviation of 21.64±2.21, 62.2% of whom were females and 37.8% were males. 30.3% of them were regular Internet users, 53.9% were at risk, and 15.8% were addicted to the Internet. The mean and standard deviation of psychological capital was 72.68±16.34, the highest mean of the components of which were related to "resilience" with the mean of 18.40. The mean and standard deviation was 75.37±18.78 for spirituality and 49.28±15.75 for Internet addiction. There was a significant negative correlation observed between spirituality and psychological capital and its components with Internet addiction. 42% of the whole variance of Internet addiction was explained by the spiritual and psychological capital components.
The findings indicates on a need for planning to strengthen the foundations of faith and spirituality in the students by providing encouragment and supportive learning environments which can enhance spirituality and assertiveness and develop psychological capital.