The Prediction of Internet Addiction Based on Parental Affection and Social Skills, The Mediating Role of Loneliness in Ninth Grade Students in Yazd

The aim of this research Is to predict Internet addiction based on parental affection and social skills considering the mediating role of loneliness in ninth grade students in Yazd.. The population of the research included all ninth grade students in Yazd in the academic year of 2018. using cluster sampling 260 were selected. Yang's Internet Addiction Questionnaire, Buri's Parental affection, Inderbitzens' Social Skills and Dehsiri's Loneliness were filled out by participants. data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software and Amos21. Results showed that loneliness has a significant mediating role in the relationship between parental nurturance and Internet addiction, but in the relationship between social skills and Internet addiction, the mediating role of loneliness was not significant. Also, internet addiction and loneliness in boys were significantly higher than girls and social skills in girls were significantly higher than boys, but no significant difference was observed between girls and boys in parental affection. Therefore, through parental affection and increasing social skills, as well as mitigating students' sense of loneliness, Internet addiction can be prevented to some extent.