Publication: Internet Addiction and Social Self-Efficacy: The Mediator Role of Loneliness
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Bakioğlu, Fuad
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Universidad de Murcia
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https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.394031
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El propósito de este estudio fue examinar si la soledad es un mediador entre la adicción a internet y la autoeficacia social. Los participantes fueron 325 estudiantes universitarios (mujeres: 57.8%; hombres: 42.2%). La edad de los participantes osciló entre 17 y 30 años (M = 20.54, DT = 1.99). Los datos del estudio se obtuvieron mediante el Formulario Corto de Adicción a Internet de Young, la Escala de Eficacia Social y Expectativas de Resultados Sociales y la Escala de Soledad de UCLA. Los datos se analizaron utilizando el método de modelado de ecuaciones estructurales y bootstrapping. El modelo de ecuaciones estructurales mostró que había un efecto indirecto sobre la autoeficacia social, mediado por la soledad. Los resultados del procedimiento de arranque indicaron que el efecto indirecto de la soledad fue significativo. Se discutieron las posibles explicaciones, la implicación de la investigación, las limitaciones y las direcciones futuras
The purpose of this study was to examine whether loneliness is a mediator between internet addiction and social self-efficacy among undergraduates. The participants involved 325 undergraduates (female: 57.8%; male, 42.2%). The age of participants ranged between 17 and 30 years (M= 20.54, SD = 1.99). The study data was gathered using the Young’s Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, the Social Efficacy and Social Outcome Expectation Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping method. Structural equation modeling showed that internet addiction had an indirect effect on social self-efficacy, mediated by loneliness. The results of bootstrapping procedure indicated that the indirect effect of loneliness on the relationship between internet addiction and social selfefficacy was significant. The possibility explanations, the research implication, limitations, and future directions were discussed.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether loneliness is a mediator between internet addiction and social self-efficacy among undergraduates. The participants involved 325 undergraduates (female: 57.8%; male, 42.2%). The age of participants ranged between 17 and 30 years (M= 20.54, SD = 1.99). The study data was gathered using the Young’s Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, the Social Efficacy and Social Outcome Expectation Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping method. Structural equation modeling showed that internet addiction had an indirect effect on social self-efficacy, mediated by loneliness. The results of bootstrapping procedure indicated that the indirect effect of loneliness on the relationship between internet addiction and social selfefficacy was significant. The possibility explanations, the research implication, limitations, and future directions were discussed.
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Anales de Psicología, V. 36, N. 3, 2020
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