The Big Five Traits of Personality and Some Demographic Variables as Predictors of Internet Addiction

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University, Egypt

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This study aims to reveal the relationship between the Big Five Personality Traits and some demographic variables predicting Internet addiction among students of the Faculties of Science and Arts at Port Said University, and to identify the differences between males and females in internet addiction, and to identify the differences between males and females in the Big Five Personality Traits. The study was conducted on a sample of (300) male and female students in the Faculties of Science and Arts from regular students in the academic year 2024/2025 – 1446 AH. The researcher used the Big Five Personality Traits Scale prepared by Costa and McCurry (2002), and the Internet Addiction Scale for University Students prepared by Moataz Sayed and Al-Hussein Muhammad (2019). The reliability and validity of the tools were verified, and reliance was placed on the descriptive analytical approach, and the results came as follows: (1) There is a correlation between internet addiction and the Big Five personality traits among students in the Faculties of Science and Arts. (2) There are significant differences between males and females in internet addiction and the Big Five personality traits, with males being more internet addicted than females. (3) The Big Five personality traits differ according to gender (male-female) among students in the Faculties of Science and Arts, with male students in the Faculties of Science being more introverted than male students in the Faculties of Arts. (4) The Big Five personality traits differ according to academic specialization (science or literature) among students in the Faculties of Science and Arts, with students in the science department being more open to experience than students in the literature department.

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Journal of Sustainable Development in Social and Environmental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
(September, 2025)
September 2025
Pages 46-59

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