Abstract
Internet addiction is a broad concept. Despite inconclusive or inconsistent definition for this disorder, usage of the internet is growing rapidly each year especially among adolescents, making it imperative to look into factors that can be correlated to it. The study provided description on adolescent internet addiction and examined significant differences in terms of gender, type of school and online behaviors. Further, the relationship of adolescent internet addiction to spiritual intelligence, psychological wellbeing and social desirability was explored. Questionnaires were used in the data collection; findings suggest that adolescents are frequent online users and that there are significant differences in terms of gender, school type, and online behaviors; social desirability had a strong positive relationship with adolescent internet addiction.
Highlights
Despite efforts made to reach one uniform definition, and inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM5), the authoritative guidebook for the diagnoses of psychiatric disorders by the American Psychiatric Association, difficulty establishing a coherent picture for this disorder is often encountered by researchers and clinicians (Block, 2008)
The reliability of the tools was determined using a 2 weeks test-retest method resulting to the following correlation coefficients of .83, .72, .74, and .70 for Internet Addiction Test, Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory, Scales of Psychological Wellbeing, and Social Desirability Scale respectively
It can be noted that adolescents have good psychological well-being and acceptable levels of spiritual intelligence, adolescents appear socially desirable at an average level and are frequent online users
Summary
According to Ryff the overall well-being is the interconnectedness of six distinct facets: (1) self-acceptance or feeling positive towards the self and accepting one’s strengths as well as weaknesses; (2) positive relations with others or having close, warm, and supportive relationships and feeling connected to others; (3) personal growth entails openness to new experiences and a commitment to development and learning; (4) purpose in life involves feeling committed to valued goals and believing that life is meaningful and worthwhile; (5) environmental mastery entails feelings of personal competence and efficacy and confidence in one’s ability to interact successfully with the environment; and (6) autonomy is a sense of self-determination and independence and a willingness to stand up for one’s own ideas and beliefs despite external pressures (Negovan, 2010) Another element of positive mental health is spiritual intelligence. The relationship of Adolescent Internet Addiction to Spiritual Intelligence, Psychological wellbeing and social desirability
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