Correlation between Circadian Types, Attachment Styles and Emotional Processing Styles with Internet Addiction among the High School Girl Students of Urmia City

Internet addiction is a behavioral disorder that has devastating effects on the lives of people with disabilities, especially female students. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between boarding school types, attachment styles and emotional processing with Internet addiction among female high school students in Urmia.

The research method of the present study was descriptive-correlation.The statistical population included all female eleventh grade high school students in Urmia in the academic year 2016-2017.375 people were selected by cluster random sampling method. Data collection instruments included "Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire", “Attachment Styles Questionnaire”, "Emotional Processing Questionnaire" and  InternetAddictionTest". Validity has been confirmed in previous studies. The reliability of the instruments was calculated by the internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed using SPSS. 21.

There is a significant inverse correlation between boarding school types and Internet addiction (-0.437).Also, there is a direct and significant correlation between attachment styles and Internet addiction, and the avoidance style has the highest correlation coefficient (0.292). Among the emotional processing styles, imbalance variables (-0.241), decomposition (-0.239), impulse control (-0.227), harassment (-0.389) and repression (-0.131)They had a significant inverse correlation with Internet addiction. In addition, the variables of circadian types, attachment styles, and harassment styles together were able to explain 36.9% of the total variance of the Internet addiction variable.

Circadian types, attachment styles and emotional processing predict the internet addiction. Therefore, in order to reduce Internet addiction, health care providers can better understand the nature of Internet addiction by focusing on the variables of the present study and take the necessary measures to prevent female students from developing this disorder.