الملخص الإنجليزي
This study aims to identify the level of prevalence of the Big Five
Factors of Personality among Sultan Qaboos University students in the
Sultanate of Oman and the most common signs of internet addiction in them.
It also aims to identify the extent of contribution of the Big Five Factors of
Personality in the prediction of the signs of internet addiction among these
students. It also examines the extent of variations in the averages of the Big
Five Factors of Personality and the signs of internet addiction based on the
variations of sex (male and female) and the major (science and humanities).
The sample of the of the study is 400 students, selected based on convenience
sampling. To achieve the aim of the study, the descriptive correlational
approach and the comparative causation approach were used. Moreover,
Ibraheem's (2019) Internet Addiction Measurement and Abd'Khaliq's (2020)
Arabian List for the Big Five Factors of Personality Measurement (the brief
version) were applied in this study.
The study reveals that agreeableness is the most common trait among
Sultan Qaboos University students, while neuroticism is the least common trait
among them. It also shows that the most common sign of internet addiction is
'I spend longer time using the internet than I planned to.' The results also
display the possibility of predicting internet addiction through the traits of
neuroticism and conscientiousness by 13.2%, as neuroticism can positively
predict internet addiction, while conscientiousness can negatively predict
internet addiction. The results also show statistically significant differences
between males and females, for the males, in internet addiction and in the
factors of extraversion and agreeableness, whereas there is no statistically
significant difference between males and females in the factors of neuroticism,
openness, and conscientiousness. The results also reveal statistically
significant differences between the students of the humanities and science
majors, for the humanities major, in internet addiction and neuroticism, while
there is no statistically significant difference between the students of
humanities and science majors in extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and
conscientiousness.
