Excessive internet use, which is also called uncontrolled use of internet, pathological internet (PIU) use, net addiction or internet addiction, causes problems in work and social life. Pathological Internet use has been defined as Internet use which causes a specified number of symptoms, including mood-altering use of the Internet, failure to fulfill major role obligations, guilt, and craving. The current study deals with PIU in order to describe disturbed patterns of Internet use, behaviour and attitudes among students population of the Kemerburgaz University of Istanbul. This cross-sectional, descriptive study analyzes the association between personality traits and internet addiction in University Students. The survey data were collected from all students of the school (N = 420) and no sampling method was used. 357 (85%) students participated in the study. Data were collected from a questionnaire consisting two parts. The first part of the questionnaire contained 14 questions including socio-demographic data, and the second part contained 20 questions about Internet addiction test developed by Young. Demographic characteristics and the attitude, knowledge and utilization of IAT score were assessed by descriptive statistics. Bi-variate statistic analyses including independent t and Chi-square tests were used to examine the relationships between the demographic characteristics and main measures. Results were considered statistically significant if p < 0.05. All socio-demographic factors were analysed for IAT score and significant variables found for all socio-economic variables expect sex (p < 0.05).

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