The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Psychopathological Symptoms, and Problematic Internet Use: A Complex Mediation Model

Beatrix Koronczai   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Gyöngyi Kökönyei   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Mark D Griffiths   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Zsolt Demetrovics   ^{2 *} , PhD, DSC

¹ Department of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

² Department of Clinical Psychology and Addiction, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

³ SE-NAP2 Genetic Brain Imaging Migraine Research Group, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

⁴ Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

⁵ Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally