摘要：The purpose of this study was to compare sensation seeking and five big factors of personality between internet dependent and non-dependent users. Hence, sample of 179 undergraduate students (109 female and 70 male) were selected from University of Tehran using cluster sampling and based on upper and lower limits, 29 students from each group were investigated. IAT, SSS-V and NEO-PI-R were used as instruments. According to the findings, sensation seeking of internet dependents was significantly (P<0.001) different from non-dependents. Internet dependents showed significantly higher scores on subscales of thrill and adventure seeking (P<0.05), disinhibition and boredom susceptibility (P<0.001) compared with non-dependents.
关键词：Internet dependency;internet addiction;sensation seeking;five big factors of personality
