Abstract:
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a substantial increase in usage of the internet. This
study aims to explore the role of attachment styles, big 5 personality traits, and impulsivity in
predicting internet addiction in a Lebanese sample of 309 individuals (209 females). The results
reported that internet addiction positively correlates with the anxiety subscale of insecure type of
attachment. Furthermore, internet addiction positively correlates with the subscales, introversion,
and negative emotionality, of the Big 5 personality traits. Finally, the big five personality traits
predict internet addiction over and above impulsivity and attachment. These findings provide
clear implications for further research on the role of attachment styles, big 5 personality traits,
and impulsivity in predicting internet addiction.
