title: Relationship between internet addiction and alexithymia among university students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Epidemiological studies concerning internet addiction found that 50% of internet addicts also have other kinds of psychiatric disorders. This study aims to examine the relationship between alexithymia and internet addiction levels among Turgut Özal University students in Ankara, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  University students (1,107 students; 452 students from 12 associate degree programs and 655 students from 10 undergraduate programs) participated in the study. The researchers used the personal information form, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Internet Addiction Scale. The approval for the current study was received from the Turgut Özal University Medical Faculty Clinical Studies Ethics Committee.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of the alexithymic students was 12.5% whereas the number of the students who were internet addicts was 13.5%. The internet addiction scores were higher among alexithymic individuals than the non-alexithymic (p.
authors.affiliation: . Email@email.com.
authors.forename: Seher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baysan-Arslan
authors.forename: Sevsen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cebeci
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canbal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D013334:Students