The Relative Contribution of the Family Climate and Psychological Stress in Predicting Internet addiction among the students of the Faculty of Home Economics, Menoufia University

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           The aim of the current research is to try to predict Internet addiction in light of both the family climate and psychological stress. The research was conducted on a sample consisting of (300) male and female students from the Faculty of Home Economics, Menoufia University. To achieve the goal of the research, the researcher used measures for each of the family climate, psychological stress (the researcher's preparation), and the Internet addiction scale prepared by Arnout (2007). The results of the research resulted in a negative correlation with statistical significance between the scores of students of the Faculty of Home Economics on the Internet Addiction Scale and their scores on the Household Climate Scale. And the existence of a positive statistically significant correlation between the scores of students of the Faculty of Home Economics on the Internet Addiction Scale and their scores on the Psychological Stress Scale. Also, it is possible to predict Internet addiction for students of the Faculty of Home Economics through family climate and psychological stress. And that there are no statistically significant differences between the average scores of students of the Faculty of Home Economics on the scale of Internet addiction attributable to gender and school difference.

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