Relationship between Internet Addiction and Marital Satisfaction and Disaffection in Married Students of Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Branch in 2015

Nowadays, rapid growth in the internet technology has strongly affected the communicational processes particularly intra-family communication .The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and marital disaffection and satisfaction in married students of Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Branch.
Material and In this descriptive study, 380 married students (242 females and 138 males) were included using stratified random sampling method. The data gathering tools were Yang’s internet addiction scale, Painz’s marital disaffection questionnaire and Graham B Spenir’s marital satisfaction scale. Pearson correlation was applied for the data analysis at 0.05 error level.
The mean age of the participants was 25.4±3.62 (SD) years. While a negative significant association was observed between the internet addiction rate and marital satisfaction i (-0.87, p= 0.001) this association was positive for disaffection status (p According to the findings of this study, unusual usage of internet may have an adverse effect on marital relationship.