HUBUNGAN ANTARA TIPE KEPRIBADIAN BIG FIVE DENGAN ADIKSI INTERNET PADA MAHASISWA DI SURABAYA

Abstract

Internet addiction is a phenomenon generally present among youngsters. One of the factors suggested to be the cause of internet addiction is personality. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between types of personality based on Big Five Theory (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness) and internet addiction among university students in Surabaya. Within this study, 151 university students with internet addiction in Surabaya were recruited using purposive sampling method. Using the Kendall’s Tau b non-parametric correlation technique, the current study found that neuroticism is the only Big Five personality type that shows a significant relationship with internet addiction (r = 0,121, p=0,034; p <0,05). Thus, it can be concluded that there is no Big Five personality dimension that correlates with internet addiction except neuroticism.