Abstract
Internet addiction has become important as people increasingly spend time online conducting every day affairs. The excessive use of the Internet may be due to a number of different reasons and a wide variety of consequences. Therefore, the objective of this study was to understand the Internet addiction phenomenon. This quantitative study focused on the interpersonal relationship perspective, perceived online attachment motivation and perceived online relationship commitment, to explain excessive use of the Internet. A questionnaire survey to1,443 secondary school graduates found that Internet addiction was significantly related to the perceived online attachment motivation (β = .180, p < .001) and the perceived online relationship commitment (β = .366, p< .001). The model explained 25.8 percent variance of the Internet addiction measured. Implications due to the need of interpersonal relationship and the consequences of Internet addiction are discussed.
Highlights
This study aims to explain the phenomenon of Internet addiction
We explore the phenomenon of Internet addiction and based on the theory of belong, explain Internet addiction from the interpersonal relationship perspective
We focus on the interpersonal relationship problem of excessive Internet use and try to explain Internet addiction from the interpersonal relationship perspective
Summary
This study aims to explain the phenomenon of Internet addiction. Internet addiction is a global issue, and occurs when too many people use their smartphones in a variety of ways for excessive amount of time. There might not be an objective measure of what was excessive amount of time. Prior studies explained Internet addiction in terms of the needs and dependence of an individual on the Internet in such a way that brings detrimental consequences [1,2]. There have been a number of studies trying to search for the factors contributing to Internet addiction across the globe over the last two decades [1,3,4]. There are fewer studies that examine the issue from an interpersonal relationship perspective. Problems of excessive use of the Internet disrupted marriages, dating relationships, parent-child relationships, and close relationships due to the need to form online friendship with excessive use of the Internet [1]
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