Abstract
The present research aims to investigate the relationship between selfcontrol, narcissistic tendencies and internet addiction among
adolescents. Sample consists of 100 adolescents (50 boys and 50 girls)
with the age range from 15 to 19 years (M= 18.0, SD= 1.33) from
different educational institutes. Assessment measures which are used to
assess are Brief Self-Control Scale (Maloney, Grawitch & Barber,
2012), Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16) (Ames, Rose &
Anderson, 2006), short version of Young’s Internet Addiction Test
(Pawlikowski, Altstötter-Gleich, & Brand, 2013) and a demographic
questionnaire. Results of Pearson product moment correlation showed
that there was a positive relationship between self-control, narcissistic
tendencies and internet addiction among adolescents.
Maryam Iftikhar, Shahnila Tariq. (2014) Self-control, Narcissistic Tendencies and Internet Addiction among Adolescents, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 1, Issue 2.
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