فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Backgrounds: The present study was carried out in order to compare national and personalidentity and their subscales in internet addicts and nonaddicts. Materials and Methods: This studywas a descriptive-analytical research, and was carried out on 384 student internet users indifferent universities in the city of Isfahan who were selected using quota sampling. Subjectscompleted the questionnaires, then, subscales of personal and national identity questionnairesin internet addict and nonaddict were analyzed via SPSS16 software. Results: Results indicateda significant difference between the scores of national identity and personal identity as well asall subscales in internet addicts and nonaddicts, except for national heritage and homelanddefence factors. In addition, there was a negative and significant relationship between addictionto internet and personal and national identity, except for the fourth and fifth factors of nationalidentity (viewpoints of others considering the national group and homeland defence). Moreover,after controlling for the sex variable, internet addiction had an effect on personal and nationalidentity. Conclusion: The findings of this research indicate that an excess of internet use andoverinvolvement in cyberspace and the addiction to them, could be associated with defectsin some aspects of national and personal identity.