Investigating the Correlations between Turkish Students’ Personality Characteristics and Internet Attitudes

Abstract: Internet has significantly expanded over the past 5–10 years to become part of our everyday lives. However, Internet is still a rather unexplored area in terms of psychological research, especially in the field of personality. This study examined the relationships between Turkish students ’ personality characteristics and their internet attitudes among 201 university students who attended the faculty of education at Marmara University, Istanbul. To determine the personality characteristics, Adjective Check List was used. Also, a five-point Likert scale was used in order to measure the internet attitudes. The findings reveal that Turkish students ’ personality characteristics are related to their internet attitudes, and explain about 51 % of the total variance of the internet attitudes. Moreover some of personality characteristics such as order, heterosexuality, autonomy, aggression, succorance, abasement, self-control and self-confidence significantly predict students ’ internet attitudes. Key-Words: Personality, personality characteristics, internet, internet attitudes.