Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p) Volume 6, Issue 4, DIP: 18.01.075/20180604 DOI: 10.25215/0604.075 http://www.ijip.in | October-December, 2018 © 2018 D'Souza. L, Suresh. P & Ravi. M; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Personality Correlates of Internet Addiction among College Students Lancy D’Souza 1 *, Sukesh, P 2 , Ravi, M 3 ABSTRACT The present study assesses the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and internet addiction among college students studying in Mysuru city. Big five personality scale (John & Srivastava, 1999) and internet Addiction Scale (Young, 1998) were administered to a sample of 163 (70 male + 93 female) college students. Personality in 5 traits of students was measured by Big five personality questionnaire and Internet addiction in 6 factors. Data were subjected to product moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression to find out the relationship between personality traits and internet addiction, including the personality factors which predict internet addiction. Results revealed that four of the personality factors- Extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively and significantly related with internet addiction, whereas neuroticism factor was positively related to Internet addiction. Further, multiple regression analysis revealed that only two personality factors- neuroticism an Conscientiousness best predicted the Internet addiction to the extent of 13.6%. Keywords: Big Five Personality Factors, Internet Addiction, College Students Today, the budding generation is relying on technology more than ever for nearly everything; they are making the world come closer. Cyberspace is a fascinating world with lots of features, places, activities, people and subcultures to explore. Approximately 20% of youth have been reported to have internet addiction (Ko et al., 2005), and approximately 45% of elementary and junior high school students were reported by their parents to have had at least one kind of sleep problem (Gau, 2006). In India among teenagers, the estimated addiction to internet is 0.7% (Goel, Subramanyam & Kamath, 2013). Addiction contributes to a notable fraction of the disease burden in mental and neurological disorders in established market economies (Fineberg et al., 2013). Other symptoms include anger, tension and anxiety (Goldberg, 1995), increased social maladjustment (Chandrashekara & D’Souza, 2013) and reduced sleep quality (D’Souza, Samyukta &Tejaswini, 2018). Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is rapidly becoming a prevalent mental health concern around the world. Mahadevaswamy and D’Souza (2017a) in a recent study reported that internet addiction 1 (Associate Professor of Psychology, Maharaja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysore, India) 2 (III SS, MSW Student, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India) 3 (I SS, MSW Student, JSS College, Ooty road, Mysuru, India) *Responding Author Received: October 20, 2018; Revision Received: November 26, 2018; Accepted: December 4, 2018