There is a huge amount of research that focuses on finding links between individual aspects of internet addiction and online social networks, narcissism and attachment styles. However, there was no connection found between all four variables, so this master's thesis with the title Internet and online social network addiction in connection with narcissism and attachment styles examines precisely this connection. In particular, we were interested in what are statistically significant differences according to gender in narcissism, internet addiction and online social networking addiction. We also wanted to know, how all four variables are related to each other. In the theoretical part we examined each variable separately and examined the previous researchers looking for a correlation between them, while in the empirical part we checked the results of the Slovenian population. The sample included 120 men and 192 women with an average age of 30.23 years. The sample data are based on the results of demographic issues, entrusted to us by the study participants in the research, but there were discrepancies in the analysis of individual hypotheses, as it turned out that in some cases the sample was much larger. As a reason for the lower number, we cite the fact that the survey questionnaire asked demographic questions at the end and were often skipped by the participants. To measure narcissism, we used the NPI-40 Narcissism Questionnaire (Raskin and Terry, 1988), the attachment style was measured by the RQ Interpersonal Relations Questionnaire (Bartholomew and Horowitz, 1991), to measure internet addiction we used the IAT Internet Addiction Test (Young, 1998), and we used the Social Media Interference Scale SMDS to measure online social networking addiction (Van den Eijnden, etc., 2016). The results of the study did not show statistically significant differences according to gender in internet addiction and online social networking addiction. However, a statistically significant difference in gender was shown in narcissism; the results of the research showed that men, on average, showed higher levels of narcissism. The latter are mainly manifested primarily in individuals with a negative avoidance attachment. It has also been shown that the more narcissistic traits as seen in individuals, the greater the propensity for addiction to online social networks. The results also showed that attachment style is associated with internet addiction and online social networks; in fact, timidly avoidant and preoccupied individuals reflect a greater propensity to become addicted to both variables.
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