The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the life stress and internet addiction in college students, and the moderating role of the impulsiveness in the relationship between the life stress and internet addiction. A total of 31...
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the life stress and internet addiction in college students, and the moderating role of the impulsiveness in the relationship between the life stress and internet addiction. A total of 318 college students in Gyeongbuk of South Korea participated in the study. Participants completed questionnaires assessing The Revised Life Stress Scale(RLSS), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Ⅱ(BIS-11), and Korean Internet Addiction Proneness Scale(KS-A).
Major results of this study were as follows: First, the life stress were positively correlated with internet addiction and impulsiveness. Also, impulsiveness had a significant positive association with internet addiction. Second, a significant gender difference were observed in terms of the life stress, task-related stress, and cognitive impulsiveness. Third, interpersonal relationship stress did not influence internet addiction in a female college student. Fourth, motor impulsiveness among sub-area of impulsiveness did merely influence internet addiction. Finally, the moderating effect of impulsiveness in the relationship between the life stress and internet addiction was not significant. Current findings suggested that the life stress and impulsiveness were important factors to consider in internet addiction of college students. Based on these results, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed along with the suggestions for subsequent research.