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.eprints-376062015-12-15T03:18:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37606/ 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 2014-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37606/1/37606.pdf Naeemi, Somayyeh and Tamam, Ezhar and Hassan, Salleh and Bolong, Jusang (2014) Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 87-91. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814057279 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/37606/1/37606.pdf |
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