the relationship between internet addiction, family relations, and psychological well-being in adolescents

Background: internet is one of available modern communicational media that has created a new world for users; so that this virtual world may have irrecoverable implications. hence, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between internet addiction, family relations, and psychological well-being among the adolescents. methods: in this descriptive and correlational study, statistical population consisted of all adolescents in urmia city, iran. the sample size obtained to 65 adolescents, who were addicted to internet; they were enrolled using convenient sampling method in some schools in urmia. to collect the data, internet addiction test (iat), family assessment device (fad), and warwick-edinburgh mental well-being scale (wemwbs) were employed. the data were analyzed using pearson correlation and multiple linear regression tests through spss software. results: there was a reverse significant relationship between internet addiction and family relations (-0.878) and subjective well-being among the adolescents (p < 0.050 for both). conclusion: according to obtained findings, it can be stated that internet addiction may lead to reduction in family relations and subjective well-being among the adolescents.