The role of Identity Styles and Sense of Coherence in anticipation of Internet Addiction

Fast growth and easy access to the internet have fasilitated its influence of the young's way of life. besides its several benefits, this tool is subject to the problem of overuse which has become apparent resulting in”Internet Addction”. hence the need for investigate the factores involved in this problem is important. As such, the present study investigated the role of identity styles and sense of coherence in anticipation in anticipation of internet addiction. To do this, by using research method of correlation, 146 students at Islamic Azad University of Anzali were randomly selected and administered Young's Internet Addiction Inventory, Berzonsky's Identity Style Inventory and Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Inventory. Using multivariate regression of stepwise results showed that sense of coherence negatively anticipated and diffuse-avoidant style positively anticipated and informative style negatively anticipated the internet addiction variance. The results indicated that poor sense of coherence, the increase of diffuse-avoidant style and decrease of informative style did play a significant role in the internet addiction.