Perceived Stress, Personality Traits on Internet Addiction Among Young Adults: A Cross Sectional Study

The aim of the study was to find the relationship, influence, and difference between Personality (BIG 5) and Perceived Stress on Internet Addiction among 18–25-year-old. A cross sectional study comprising sample of 109 males and 119 female’s total of 220 young adults were chosen from Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru using convenient sampling. The research tools include the Chen Internet Addiction Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the BIG 5 Inventory. A correlational research design was used in the present study. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation, stepwise regression were used in order to analyze the data. The results showed relationship between Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openness, Perceived stress, and Internet Addiction among emerging adults and there was a significant influence of Extroversion, Agreeableness, conscience, and perceived stress on Internet Addiction. In stepwise regression Extroversion on Internet Addiction was statistically not significant, it was found between Extroversion and Agreeableness on Internet Addiction, Extroversion was found to be statistically not significant. In addition, between Extroverison, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on Internet Addiction, Extroversion was found to be statistically not significant, whereas, between Extroverison, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Neuroticism on Internet Addiction, conscientiousness was found to be statistically not significant finally, neuroticism was found to be statistically not significant.