Internet Addiction and Social Intelligence. A Correlational Study
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evaluation, performance, personality, efficiency, effectivenessAbstract
This study investigates the relationship between the Compulsive Use of the Internet and the variation of social skills ( empathy, manipulation and social irritability) defined in the theory of social intelligence. Participants ( N= 70; 47 females and 23 males), over 18 years old. Two self-administered questionaires were used to colect data: Compulsive Internet Scale Use (CIUS) - Meerkerk et al. (2009) and MESI Methodology, Frankovský & Birknerová (2014). The research evaluates ifcompulsive use ofinternet correlates positively or negatively with social intelligence operationalized through the dimensions of empathy, manipulation and social irritability,theoretical and practical relationship between internet addiction (Compulsive Internet use) and variation in social skills (empathy, manipulation and social irritability).
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