The Relationship between Attachment Style and Personality Traits with Internet Addiction among University Students

This research aims to investigate the relationship between personality traits and Internet addiction with the mediating role of university students' attachment styles. The current research was carried out in a correlational descriptive method. The statistical population of this research includes 903 students of educational sciences and psychology at Mohaghegh Ardabili University, among whom 269 were selected through random sampling. In order to collect data, Young's Internet Addiction Questionnaire, NEO Personality Traits Questionnaire, and Odenhaven Attachment Style Questionnaire were used. After recording the data in Spss19 software, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression using the simultaneous method and path analysis were used to analyze these data. The results of the research illustrated that there was a significant positive relationship between the attachment style and internet addiction at 95% confidence. Furthermore, the personality traits of "OCD", "openness", and "conscientiousness" have a positive relationship with Internet addiction at 95% certainty. However, the personality traits of "agreement" and "extroversion" have no relationship with Internet addiction. In addition, "OCD, openness, and conscientiousness" have an indirect effect on students' Internet addiction through the variable of the attachment style, but the attachment style has a direct effect on students' Internet addiction. As a result, Internet addiction is related to some personality traits of students with the role of attachment mediator.