Research Paper: Effect of Family Communication Patterns on Internet Addiction مقاله

Objective: This study investigated the role of family communication patterns, including consensual, pluralistic, protective and laissez-faire, on Internet addiction. Methods: A total of 230 Jahrom Medical University students (120 females and 110 males) answered the questionnaires of the study. The samples were selected based on the random cluster sampling method. In this research, we used Young’s Internet Addiction scale and Family Communication Patterns scale. We used two-ways ANOVA for analyzing the effect of communication patterns on Internet addiction, considering gender as a moderator. Results: Our findings indicated that among the four types of family communication, there are significant differences in individuals’ scores in Internet addiction: F(3,190)=10.16, P<0.000). Also, Internet addiction in consensual and laissez-faire patterns was higher in males than in females. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, children with laissez-faire familial patterns have the highest levels of using Internet and the pluralistic family has the lowest scores of Internet use.

"Research Paper: Effect of Family Communication Patterns on Internet Addiction Fatemeh Tajalli1*, Maryam Zarnaghash1 1. Several international studies have pointed out that Internet addiction is a particularly common problem among students (Niemz, Griffiths, &amp; Banyard, 2005; Ko, Yen, Yen, Lin, &amp; Yang, 2007; Lam, Peng, Mai, &amp; Ing 2009; Thomas &amp; Martin, 2010). Most of the extensive researches using family commu- nication instruments have categorized families as high or low on each dimension (conversation orientation and conformity orientation), creating a four-fold typology of pluralistic, protective, consensual, and laissez-faire families (Fitzpatrick &amp; Ritchie, 1994). The research re- sults of Habibi, Danesh &amp; Zahedi Mazandarani (2015) emphasized the importance of family environment on the intensification of Internet addiction. Since a few studies evaluated the effects of protective factors, family limitations and family conversation on Internet use, the objectives of this study were to deter- mine whether Internet dependency was associated with family communication patterns (including consensual, pluralistic, protective and laissez-faire). Therefore, we expected this family pattern to have a lower score in well-being (Charoenthaweesub and Hale, 2011) and a higher score in physical symptoms, anxi- ety, depression, and social dysfunction (Tajalli &amp; Latifian, 2008b) besides tendency towards Internet abuse. Result of MANOVA on Mean Internet addiction of different patterns of family communication Value F Hypothesis df Error df Sig. Pillai’s trace 0. Converse- ly, families with a high conversation orientation protect their children from developing psychological and emo- tional problems (Tajalli &amp; Latifian, 2008a) and excessive tendency towards the Internet (Salehi et al."