The relationships among personality characteristics, attachment styles and loneliness feeling with internet addiction in adolescents of Ilam city

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality characteristics, loneliness feeling, and attachment styles with internet addiction among high school students in Ilam city. The population of this study included all students during the academic year 2014-2015 in Ilam high schools. The sample consisted of 250 students that were selected via simple random sampling method. Participants in this study answered the questionnaires related to the personality characteristics (NEO-FFI), loneliness feeling, attachment styles and internet addiction. After gathering the data, Pearson correlation and multi-variable regression, was computed by the use of SPSS software. The findings indicated negative correlation among extroversion, agreeableness, conscientious, and secure attachment styles with internet addiction and positive correlation between openness to experience, Neuroticism, loneliness feeling, ambivalent- anxiety and avoidance attachment styles with internet addiction. The regression results indicated that the personality characteristics, loneliness feeling, attachment styles showed the Variance of the students internet addiction was 53 percent. So, based on the present study’s results it can be concluded that those who working in mental health, and parents should attention to the role of personality characteristics, loneliness feeling, and attachment styles in the internet addiction.