Alexithymia and Internet Addiction In a sample of Secondary School Students

Abdalla, Nashwa Abdelmonem

doi:10.21608/jsre.2020.139594

Alexithymia and Internet Addiction In a sample of Secondary School Students

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Nashwa abdelmonem Abdalla

Department of psychology. Women's faculty. Ain shams university

10.21608/jsre.2020.139594

Abstract

Abstract
Study aims at examining the relationship between alexithymia and internet addiction, examining differences in alexithymia and internet addiction due to gender(males,females),secondary education (general (literary-scientific)& technical), examining differences between students of high and low degrees on alexithymia scale in internet Addiction. Sample consisted of (207), (86) males and (121) females, (mean=16.60±0.998 ). Stydy Tools: toronto scale of alexithymia (Alaa Kafafi and Fouad Al-Dawash,2011), internet addiction scale (by researcher). Study results: alexithymia was positively correlated with internet addiction(R=0.362), there were statistical significant differences between males and females in alexithymia in favor of females(t=2.88), there were statistical significant differences between males and females in internet addiction in favor of males(t=2.54),there were statistical significant differences in internet Addiction between scientific, literary and technical secondary education in favor of literary and technical secondary students(t=4.998), no statistical significant differences were found between them in Alyxythemia, There were statistical differences in Internet Addiction in favor of high-level degrees of Alexithymia(t=2.36).

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Educational psychology

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