Exploring The Relationship Between Personality, Loneliness, Self-Esteem And Internet Addiction
Table 5:
Loneliness | Internet addiction | |||
Effects | Direct | direct | indirect | total |
Conscientiousness | .04 | -.19* | .01 | -.18* |
Neuroticism (Emotional stability) | -.47*** | -.12 | -.07 | -.19 |
Self-esteem | -.21** | -.11 | -.03 | -.14* |
Time on internet | - | .26** | - | .26** |
Loneliness | .15* | - | .15* |