in recent years,internet-based banking services have become the focus of competition in iran’s banking system. in this respect, internet banking users’ identification and segmentation leads to better understanding of users’ needs and expectations and planning to meet them. this in turn will result in improving the image of the bank and obtaining competitive advantage. in this research, seven ba...

Background: Although problematic Internet use (PIU) is a growing problem among adolescents, few studies have examined its prevalence among university students in Iran. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of PIU and its potential risk factors among students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, data was collected from 976 u...

Introduction: The internet is an essential and widely used toolfor college students; however, high internet dependency can havenegative consequences for students, especially regarding academiccareers. Such students may tend to postpone their academic tasks.Hence, the current study examines the effect of Internet addictionon academic procrastination among medical st...

Communication and modern information technologies have created many changes in the recent societies and have influenced different parts of social life too. Based on the existing statistics, most use of the Internet belongs to the youth who use the Internet for their scientific and research aims. Studies on the effects of using the Internet by young people can help identify some outcomes of this...

one of the indicators of post-industrial society and third world countries is the access to the internet. the importance of urban household access to the internet has been so great that it has found a crucial place as one of the basic statistical data on population and housing consensus in developed countries, including the us, uk, australia and canada, and the information related to household ...

Background: The new phenomenon of Internet addiction among teenagers and young adults is one of the modern addictions in industrial and post-industrial societies. The purpose of this research was to predict the Internet addiction based on the personality characteristics of high school students in Kerman. Methods: This research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population in...