In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Association of Social Psychology

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor in Psychology, Tabriz University

2 Ph.D. Student of Cognitive Neuroscience, Tabriz University

3 Ph.D. Student of Healt Psychology, Kharazmi Univ

Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays a large population of the world uses the Internet. Despite the numerous advantages of this technology leading to positive changes in communication, unfortunately some studies, have attributed dangerous complications to the Internet, the most destructive one being Internet addiction. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship among components of Perceived Social Support and the Feeling of social- Emotional loneliness with Internet addiction in students. Method: To do this, 173 students from Tabriz University (78 males and 95 females) were selected by multiphase cluster-random sampling and in addition to demographic information, they completed the Perceived Social Support, Feeling of social- Emotional loneliness, and Internet addiction questionnaires. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression. Results: Based on the results, there were significant relationships among Perceived Social Support and the Feeling of Social- Emotional Loneliness with Internet addiction (P

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