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C. J. Mejía-Suazo, Miguel Landa-Blanco, Gliver Aarón Mejía-Suazo, Carlos Martinez
2021
2021
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Mejía-Suazo, C. J., Landa-Blanco, M., Mejía-Suazo, G. A., & Martinez, C. (2021). Dark and Light triad: relationship between personality traits and addiction to mobile phones, video games and internet.
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Mejía-Suazo, C. J., Miguel Landa-Blanco, Gliver Aarón Mejía-Suazo, and Carlos Martinez. “Dark and Light Triad: Relationship between Personality Traits and Addiction to Mobile Phones, Video Games and Internet” (2021).
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Mejía-Suazo, C. J., et al. Dark and Light Triad: Relationship between Personality Traits and Addiction to Mobile Phones, Video Games and Internet. 2021.
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@article{c2021a,
title = {Dark and Light triad: relationship between personality traits and addiction to mobile phones, video games and internet},
year = {2021},
author = {Mejía-Suazo, C. J. and Landa-Blanco, Miguel and Mejía-Suazo, Gliver Aarón and Martinez, Carlos}
}
Abstract
The present study analyzed the effects of Light and Dark Triad traits scores on Internet Gaming Disorder, intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts related to internet consumption, conflicts, and communicational emotional usage related to mobile phones. Light Triad traits include Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism. Dark Triad traits include Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. The study used a quantitative approach with a non-experimental design. The sample consisted of 450 adults of the Honduran population, of which 55.33% were women, and 44.67% were men, with an average mean age of 25.52 years (SD=6.79). Results indicate that Machiavellianism and Psychopathy scores have significant effects over Internet Gaming Disorder scores. Intrapersonal conflicts related to internet consumption were negatively affected by Narcissism scores and positively affected by Machiavellianism. Psychopathy scores explained interpersonal conflicts related to internet consumption scores. On the other hand, conflicts related to mobile phone usage were negatively affected by Narcissism and Kantianism, while Machiavellianism had positive effects. Finally, communicational emotional usage related to mobile phones was significantly affected by Machiavellianism. These results are discussed according to their implications for the behavioral sciences.