The relationship of emotional intelligence and mental disorders with internet addiction in internet users university students.
BACKGROUND
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of emotional intelligence and mental disorders, with internet addiction in university students.


METHODS
The method of study was descriptive-pilot one and correlation. Two hundred internet users (male and female) from Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Technology were randomly selected. For data collection Carson's emotional intelligence Questionnaire SCL-90 scale and Internet Addiction Test were used. Data analysis was implemented using multivariate regression statistical method.


RESULTS
Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, aggression, phobia, hypochondria disorders, and emotional intelligence were the most significant predictors of Internet addiction. Moreover, there were significant correlations between these variables and Internet addiction disorder (P < 0.001). Moreover the findings showed that there were significant associations between depressive (R = 0.33), summarization (R = 0.24), and interpersonal sensitivity (R = 0.20) disorders. In this study no correlation was found between internet addiction disorder with psychosis and paranoid ideation. Moreover, among mental disorders, there was only a significant difference between the sexes in depression (P < 0.001); the men showed more depressive tendencies than women.


CONCLUSIONS
The results showed a correlation between emotional intelligence and mental disorders with internet addiction, but these results can help therapists, psychologists and counselors in providing services to help internet addicts.
PhD Student AND Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Naein Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
Hasan
H
Khoshakhlagh
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Salar
S
Faramarzi
Anxiety; Depression; Emotional intelligence; Internet addiction; Mental disorders