Excessive and incorrect use of the Internet and related technologies by adolescents is one of the common and important problems of our society. Addiction to the Internet in adolescents has negative and destructive consequences for them and the society. Therefore, the pr
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Excessive and incorrect use of the Internet and related technologies by adolescents is one of the common and important problems of our society. Addiction to the Internet in adolescents has negative and destructive consequences for them and the society. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the purpose of predicting Internet addiction based on resilience and motivational self-talk in adolescents. This research was descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research included all second year high school students of Bahabad city in 2018, of which 100 were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The tools used in this research were Internet Addiction Questionnaire (Young, 2009), Resilience Questionnaire (Connor & Davidson, 2003), and Motivational Self-Talk Questionnaire (Brinthaupt, et al., 2009). Data analysis was done using SPSS-21 statistical software and statistical methods of Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The findings showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between resilience and motivational self-talk with Internet addiction in adolescents. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between resilience and motivational self-talk. In addition, 14% of the variance of internet addiction readiness is explained and predicted by resilience with beta (0.294) and motivational self-talk with beta (0.181). Therefore, considering that Internet addiction in adolescents can have adverse physical and psychological effects, it is very important to pay attention to the role of resilience and motivational self-talk in preventing possible problems.
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