Investigating the mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between Internet use and behavioral problems in adolescents in Shiraz

Fariba Tabe Bordbar¹ Mohsen Setoudeh² Nahid Hosseini³ Mansour Setoudeh⁴

1) Professor, Department of General Psychology, Payame Noor University
2) Undergraduate student of Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan Branch
3) Master of General Psychology, Payame Noor University
4) Master of Linguistics, Shiraz University

IOI Code : XDKB-FKZED
Publication : 1St National Conference on Social and Psychological Injuries with Emphasis on Behavioral Sciences(psysconf.ir/1st)
Abstract :
    This study investigates the mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between Internet use and behavioral problems in adolescents in Shiraz. The statistical population included all students in Shiraz that 250 people were randomly selected by cluster sampling. Data collection tools were Young s Internet Addiction Questionnaire, Russell Loneliness Questionnaire, and Achenbach Behavior Checklist (Self-Assessment Form). SPSS software was used to analyze the data and Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses according to Baron and Kenny (1986) steps. Findings of this study show that the feeling of loneliness has a direct and significant relationship with behavioral problems and is effective in predicting it. Also, loneliness plays a mediating role in relation to the use of the Internet and adolescent behavioral problems and the results showed that there is a significant relationship between research variables directly and also indirectly with the mediating role of loneliness in this study.

Keywords : loneliness internet usage behavioral problems