A Study On Relationship Of Emotional Intelligence, Internet Use Preference, And Internet Addiction In The College Students

This study explore the relationships of college students' emotional intelligence, internet use preference and internet addiction in the way of inventory. The instruments include Emotional Intelligence Scale,Chinese Internet Addiction Scale's revision and Internet Use Preference Questionnaire. 400 questionnaires were put out, and 360 valid questionnaires return.By way of statistic analysis, the results as follows:(1) There are differences of gender, grade and major on internet use preference as well as internet addiction; while emotional intelligence has no difference on demographic variables.(2) Social and recreational means preference have significant positive predictive effect on internet addiction, while the predictive effect of information service and life assistance preference on internet addiction is not significant statistically.(3) The college students' emotional intelligence has significant negative effect on internet addiction. To internet addiction, it also has significant negative predictive effect.(4) The interactive effects of emotional intelligence and social means preference on internet addiction are significant. In the group of low emotional intelligence, social means preference has the strongest positive effect on internet addiction, while in the group of high emotional intelligence,the positive effect is the weakest.(5) The interactive effects of emotional intelligence and business service preference on internet addiction are significant. In the group of low emotional intelligence, the positive effect of business service preference on internet addiction is the strongest, while in the group of high emotional intelligence business service preference even has faint significant effect on internet addiction.(6)Emotional intelligence and information service preference,recreational means preference has no significant interactive effects on internet addiction.