On The Relationship Between The Internet Service Preferences Of Students With Different Personalities And Pathological Internet Use

In recent years, Internet Addiction has received more and more concerns. This paper use the term Pathological Internet Use(PIU) to describe this phenomenon, which emphasizes the inappropriate use of the internet, and explore the relationship among adolescents personality, internet service preference and PIU. Results showed that different personality has different influence on PIU, so does internet service preference. And different personality has different influence on internet service preference. At last, gender and the average time of weekend online has influence on PIU.(1) In the aspect the relationship among personality, Internet service preference and PIU, Internet recreational service preference and the average online time of weekend can predict positive PIU significantly. Internet business preference can predict negative PIU significantly. Specifically, first Internet service preference, the average online time of weekend and week can predict positive positive salience, mood alteration, social comfort, tolerance, compulsive internet use/withdrawal symptoms, and negative outcomes significantly. Second, Internet business preference can predict positive salience significantly. Third, Extraversion and Conscientiousness can predict negative mood alteration, social comfort and negative outcomes significantly. At last Neuroticism can predict positive outcomes significantly.(2) In the aspect the relationship between personality and Internet service preference, first Openness can predict positive internet information service significantly. Second, Conscientiousness can predict internet business service significantly. Third, Extraversion and Openness can predict positive internet reaction service significantly. At last, Extraversion and Agreeableness can predict positive internet social service significantly.