بررسی روابط ساختاری گرایش به فضای مجازی بر اساس سرشت و منش، تیپ شبانه روزی و سبک هویت با نقش میانجی اضطراب

هدف پژوهش حاضر، بررسی گرایش به فضای مجازی بر اساس سرشت و منش، تیپ شبانه روزی و سبک های هویت با نقش میانجی اضطراب در دانشجویان شهر اصفهان بود. جامعۀ آماری دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد خمینی‌ شهر در شهر اصفهان در سال 1400 بود که با روش نمونه ‌گیری خوشه ای 384 نفر انتخاب شدند و با استفاده از پرسشنامه های گرایش به فضای مجازی یانگ (1998)، مقیاس سرشت و منش کلونینجر (1994)، پرسشنامه صبحگاهی شامگاهی هورن و استبرگ (1976)، سیاهة سبک هویت برزونسکی(1992) و پرسشنامۀ اضطراب بک و همکاران (1988) مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفتند. بررسی داده‌های پژوهش با آزمون‌ مدل معادلات ساختاری با pls-smart 2-3 انجام شد. نتایج نشان داد که تاثیر خودراهبری و هویت هنجاری بر گرایش به فضای مجازی منفی بود. تاثیر نوجویی و هویت سردرگم اجتنابی بر گرایش به فضای مجازی مثبت بود. اضطراب بین آسیب پرهیزی، هویت سردرگم اجتنابی و تیپ شبانه‌ روزی و همکاری با گرایش به فضای مجازی نقش میانجی داشت.

structural relationships of internet tendency with temperament and character, diurnal preferences, and identity styles as mediated by anxiety

this study aimed to investigate internet tendency based on temperament and character, diurnal preferences, and identity styles mediated by anxiety among students in isfahan, iran. the research population comprised students of islamic azad university, khomeini shahr branch, isfahan. a sample of 384 students was selected via cluster sampling and responded to the internet addiction test (iat), the temperament and character inventory (tci), the morningness-eveningness questionnaire, the identity style inventory (isi), and the beck anxiety inventory. the results showed that self-directedness, normative identity style, diffuse-avoidant identity and novelty-seeking affect internet tendency. anxiety mediated the relationship of harm avoidance, diffuse-avoidant identity, diurnal preference, and cooperation with internet tendency.introduction: the youth constitute the main users of social networks on the internet and their lifestyles have been greatly influenced by the cyberspace (xuan amat, 2020). the prevalence of internet tendency among teenagers and university students is reported as 0.9% to 33% (devine et al., 2022). studies have shown that personality traits play a role in internet tendency (gervasi et al., 2017). cloninger’s neurobiological model (1987) takes the genotypic aspects of personality as the basis of individual differences in self-regulation cognitive processes (moreira et al., 2021). individual differences in the circadian rhythm are determined by the individual’s biological clock and specific preferences (khaleghipour et al., 2014). based on literature, diurnal preference is associated with internet addiction mediated by depression (kang et al. 2015). chou and lee (2017) noted that users’ personality and identity characteristics are associated with how they use the internet. the role of identity and attachment has been stressed in the addiction to online games and social networks (monacis et al., 2017). according to research, internet tendency increases as anxiety grows (przepiorka, blachnio cudo, 2021). in their study, bai et al. (2022) showed that internet addiction is associated with mental health disorders and quality of life. soulioti et al. (2018) reported that younger internet users have addictive behaviors toward this technology, and there is a moderate relationship between anxiety symptoms and internet addiction. as the excessive use of the cyberspace can lead to psychological and academic problems, it is crucial to examine the antecedents of excessive internet use. therefore, this study was conducted to respond to the question of whether anxiety mediates the relationship of internet tendency with temperament and character, diurnal preferences, and identity styles.methodology: this was a descriptive research using structural equation modeling (sem).