Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents

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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

Abstract

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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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Facebook; Adolescents; Psychological well-being
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2015 03:18
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2015 03:18
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37606
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