TY  - THES
A1  - Jeysing Gnana Kannu, Muthiah
Y1  - 1998///
N2  - In this Information age, millions of people are using the Internet everyday for information, communication, research, electronic commerce, and entertainment. Some people who use the Internet, are finding it hard to know when to stop or how to control the usage and thus become addicted to it. Prior research has shown that some Internet users have lost their jobs, failed in their school or college and strained their social relationships due to spending excessive time on the Internet. The Internet started in Malaysia in 1992, and based on the present data, the number of Internet users are on the rise, This study explores to see if Internet addiction is prevalent in Malaysia, the pattern Internet usage and the types of personality that are addicted to it. Previous research done in the area of Internet addiction has not investigated, whether different personality types. that is type A or type B personality, are more prone to Internet addiction. A questionnaire was created and posted on a website and it was publicized. A total of 175 valid responses were used for analysis. The respondents were classified as addicted to the Internet if they answered 'yes' to five of the 8 criteria given by Young (1996). In terms of addiction, 55 percent of the respondents are addicted to the Internet. 82 percent of respondents who are addicted to the Internet are having personality type A. However, the hypothesis testing, using the Chi-square test revealed no significant difference between internet addiction and personality types. But this study found that a relationship existed between Internet addiction and mode of payment for Internet access at the 90 percent confidence level. It was also concluded that a relationship existed between Internet addiction and frequency of Internet access.
PB  - International Islamic University Malaysia
ID  - iab_repo691
UR  - http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/691/
EP  - 108
AV  - public
TI  - INTERNET ADDICTION AND PERSONALITY TYPES
M1  - masters
KW  - INTERNET ADDICTION AND PERSONALITY TYPES
ER  -