Abstract

One of the new technologies in today’s society is the cyber social networks. We live in the age of networks. Internet access is a growing phenomenon and more and more people are becoming Internet users. over the last decades, millions of people have changed their lives by using social networks creatively and connecting to the world wide web. The current research investigates the relationship between cyberspace addiction and emotional maturity in 20-30 years old female students of the medical faculty, psychology department of the Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Branch. The research method is descriptive-correlational (non-experimental), and the research sample was selected using a purposive sampling method. Cyberspace addiction questionnaire, the Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) of Singh and Bhargava (1990) were the data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression analysis test were used to analyze the results. The results showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between cyberspace addiction and components of emotional maturity. The results showed the more emotionally mature students are, the less dependent they are on cyberspace.