Relationship between Personality Traits and Internet Addiction of Students at Kharazmi University

In recent years, the use of Internet, a largely pro-social, interactive, and information-driven medium has skyrocketed and affected everyone’s life, specifically, adolescents and young adults, a generation for whom the line between online and real world interaction is practically non-existent and the existence of addictive Internet use may exert detrimental effects on their lives. Therefore, the research purpose is to assess the relationship between the adolescents’ and young adults’ personality traits and Internet addiction disorder (IAD). Method: the research employed a descriptive, correlative method and the sample comprised 400 students who were selected using stratified sampling form all the faculties located in Kharazmi University. The research tools included Internet Addiction test (IAT) designed and developed by Young and NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Results indicated that Internet addiction is significantly, positively correlated to neuroticism and negatively correlated to extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Moreover, males scored significantly higher on IAD as compared to females.