Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control
Background: It is common observations that due to advanced technologies such as mobile phones, internet, social media usage and augmented terrorism, people are persuaded towards news. Similarly, engrossment of a certain individual in any domain from politics, sports, global issues, arson or terrori...
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Background: It is common observations that due to advanced technologies such as mobile phones, internet, social media usage and augmented terrorism, people are persuaded towards news. Similarly, engrossment of a certain individual in any domain from politics, sports, global issues, arson or terrorism can also promote news addiction.
Objective: To examine the mediating role of self-control by verifying the role of gender in the dynamic interplay between conscientiousness, neuroticism and news addiction in young and old adults from main cities (Lahore, Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi khan, Faisalabad, and Sargodha) only data. Co-relational research design was employed.
Materials & Methods: Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Self-control and News addiction, were assessed through News Addiction1
, Big Five Inventory2 , and 10 Item Self-Scoring Self-control Scale3.
Results: The co-relation matrix revealed that news addiction is negatively co-related with conscientiousness and positively co-related with neuroticism. Independent sample t-test revealed women are higher on neuroticism and conscientiousness where as men are higher score on news addiction. Conscientiousness and neuroticism was significant predictors of news addiction, however they remain significant predictor of news addiction after self-control was entered in the model as a mediator and controlling the gender as a control variable with dependent variable. Model fit indices for structured equation mediation model analysis through AMOS provided empirical support for proposed mediation model.
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| spelling | doaj.art-72c9decfd2c842a5930428a2da9e30332023-05-29T03:10:09ZengDow University of Health SciencesJournal of the Dow University of Health Sciences1995-21982410-21802017-08-01112Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-ControlGhulam Ishaq0Rafia Rafique1Muhammad Asif2Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Pakistan.Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, PakistanInstitute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Pakistan Background: It is common observations that due to advanced technologies such as mobile phones, internet, social media usage and augmented terrorism, people are persuaded towards news. Similarly, engrossment of a certain individual in any domain from politics, sports, global issues, arson or terrorism can also promote news addiction. Objective: To examine the mediating role of self-control by verifying the role of gender in the dynamic interplay between conscientiousness, neuroticism and news addiction in young and old adults from main cities (Lahore, Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi khan, Faisalabad, and Sargodha) only data. Co-relational research design was employed. Materials & Methods: Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Self-control and News addiction, were assessed through News Addiction1 , Big Five Inventory2 , and 10 Item Self-Scoring Self-control Scale3. Results: The co-relation matrix revealed that news addiction is negatively co-related with conscientiousness and positively co-related with neuroticism. Independent sample t-test revealed women are higher on neuroticism and conscientiousness where as men are higher score on news addiction. Conscientiousness and neuroticism was significant predictors of news addiction, however they remain significant predictor of news addiction after self-control was entered in the model as a mediator and controlling the gender as a control variable with dependent variable. Model fit indices for structured equation mediation model analysis through AMOS provided empirical support for proposed mediation model. https://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1382News AddictionSelf-controlConscientiousnessNeuroticismGender |
| spellingShingle | Ghulam Ishaq Rafia Rafique Muhammad Asif Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences News Addiction Self-control Conscientiousness Neuroticism Gender |
| title | Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control |
| title_full | Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control |
| title_fullStr | Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control |
| title_short | Personality Traits and News Addiction: Mediating Role of Self-Control |
| title_sort | personality traits and news addiction mediating role of self control |
| topic | News Addiction Self-control Conscientiousness Neuroticism Gender |
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