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Internet Addiction of Young Greek Adults: Psychological Aspects and Information Privacy

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GeNeDis 2016

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 989))

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The main goal of this study is to examine the Internet addiction status of Greek young adults, aged from 18 to 25, using Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and self-administered questionnaires. In addition this paper assesses the psychological traits of addicted persons per addiction category, using the big five factor model tool to study the user’s personality and analyze the components that lead a person to become Internet addicted. Furthermore, we found an association between addicted people and the five factors from the Big Five Factor Model; i.e., extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience. Moreover, this paper discusses information privacy awareness issues related to Internet Addiction treatment.

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    P. Grammenos, N. A. Syrengela, E. Magkos & A. Tsohou

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Grammenos, P., Syrengela, N.A., Magkos, E., Tsohou, A. (2017). Internet Addiction of Young Greek Adults: Psychological Aspects and Information Privacy. In: Vlamos, P. (eds) GeNeDis 2016 . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 989. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_6

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