Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being. This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being. The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents a...
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| author | Naeemi, Somayyeh Tamam, Ezhar Hassan, Salleh Bolong, Jusang |
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| description | Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being. This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being. The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context. |
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| spelling | upm-393302015-07-13T04:32:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39330/ Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents Naeemi, Somayyeh Tamam, Ezhar Hassan, Salleh Bolong, Jusang Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being. This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being. The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context. Elsevier (Science Direct) 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Naeemi, Somayyeh and Tamam, Ezhar and Hassan, Salleh and Bolong, Jusang (2014) Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents. In: The International Conference on Communication and Media 2014 (i-COME14) - Communication, Empowerment and Governance: The 21st Century Enigma, 18-20 Oct. 2014, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. (pp. 87-91). 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261 |
| spellingShingle | Naeemi, Somayyeh Tamam, Ezhar Hassan, Salleh Bolong, Jusang Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title | Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title_full | Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title_short | Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents |
| title_sort | facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among malaysian adolescents |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39330/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39330/ |