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The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality

Andreassen, Cecilie Schou and Griffiths, Mark D. and Gjertsen, Siri Renate and Krossbakken, Elfrid and Kvam, Siri and Pallesen, Ståle (2013) The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 2 (2). pp. 90-99. ISSN 2062-5871

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Abstract

Aims: Although relationships between addiction and personality have previously been explored, no study has ever simultaneously investigated the interrelationships between several behavioral addictions, and related these to the main dimensions of the five-factor model of personality. Methods: In this study, 218 university students completed questionnaires assessing seven different behavioral addictions (i.e., Facebook addiction, video game addiction, Internet addiction, exercise addiction, mobile phone addiction, compulsive buying, and study addiction) as well as an instrument assessing the main dimensions of the five-factor model of personality. Results: Of the 21 bivariate intercorrelations between the seven behavioral addictions, all were positive (and nine significantly). The results also showed that Neuroticism was positively associated with Internet addiction, exercise addiction, compulsive buying, and study addiction, Extroversion was positively associated with Facebook addiction, exercise addiction, mobile phone addiction, and compulsive buying, Openness to experience was negatively associated with Facebook addiction and mobile phone addiction, Agreeableness was negatively associated with Internet addiction, exercise addiction, mobile phone addiction, and compulsive buying, and Conscientiousness was negatively associated with Facebook addiction, video game addiction, Internet addiction, and compulsive buying and positively associated with exercise addiction and study addiction. Conclusions: The positive associations between the seven behavioral addictions suggest one or several underlying pathological factors. Hierarchical multiple regressions showed that personality traits explained between 6% and 17% of the variance in the seven behavioral addictions, suggesting that personality to a varying degree explains scores on measures of addictive behaviors.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion / filozófia, pszichológia, vallás > BF Psychology / lélektan
Depositing User: xFruzsina xPataki
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2017 06:51
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2023 12:58
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/55335

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