Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2009):

Why do young adults develop a passion for Internet activities? The associations among personality, revealing "true self" on the Internet, and passion for the Internet.

Full Abstract

This study examines the associations of harmonious passion (HP) and obsessive passion (OP) for Internet activities with Eysenckian personality dimensions in a sample of 421 university students. Results show that psychoticism correlates positively with both HP and OP; extroversion correlates positively with HP only; and neuroticism has no correlation with passion for Internet activities. Additionally, the study examines participants' tendency to express their "true self" on the Internet, and the results reveal that this tendency has a positive association with psychoticism, neuroticism, and both types of passion for the Internet. Moreover, the relationship between psychoticism and passion (both harmonious and obsessive) is mediated by the tendency to express true self on the Internet. The results were interpreted from the media dependency perspective.

Author information

Author/s: Tosun, Leman Pinar (LP); Lajunen, Timo (T);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. tpinar(-atsign-)metu.edu.tr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society (Cyberpsychol Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 12 (issue 4) : pp 401-6

Dates: Created 2009/07/27; Completed 2009/10/26;

PMID: 19594378, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/26/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Adult Behavior, Addictive - psychology Female Humans Internet Male Motivation

Motivation Obsessive Behavior - psychology Personality Psychotic Disorders - psychology Reference Values Self Concept User-Computer Interface Young Adult

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