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The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults

A cross sectional was occupied in this study to examine the relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and internet addiction among young adults. A total of 300 undergraduates from UTAR Perak campus were participated through convenience sampling. A selfadministered questionnaire which consis...

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Main Authors: Wong, Xi Yu, Gan, Shi Yi, Chong, Han Jie
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2016
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spelling my-utar-eprints.23222019-08-13T15:15:53Z The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults Wong, Xi Yu Gan, Shi Yi Chong, Han Jie BF Psychology A cross sectional was occupied in this study to examine the relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and internet addiction among young adults. A total of 300 undergraduates from UTAR Perak campus were participated through convenience sampling. A selfadministered questionnaire which consisted Internet Addiction Test, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale Version was employed. Travis Hirschi’s Social Bond / Social Control Theory was adapted in this study to explain the relationship of loneliness and life satisfaction, and internet addiction. Pearson Correlation was employed and revealed significantly positive relationship between internet addiction and loneliness (r = 0.675); meanwhile the relationship between internet addiction and life satisfaction were also found to be significant but negatively associated (r = -0.501). Furthermore, multiple linear regression was run to figure out the predictor of internet addiction between loneliness and life satisfaction and findings showed two predictors statistically significantly predicted internet addiction, F(2, 297) = 150.999, R² = .504. Specifically, loneliness best predicted internet addiction. Lastly, male (M = 49.56, SD = 12.49) and female (M = 46.28, SD = 12.78) differ significantly in internet addiction, t(298) = 2.232. All the results were analyzed with SPSS 23.0 software. 2016-04-14 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/2322/1/PY%2D2016%2D1105308.pdf Wong, Xi Yu and Gan, Shi Yi and Chong, Han Jie (2016) The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/2322/
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Wong, Xi Yu
Gan, Shi Yi
Chong, Han Jie
The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
description A cross sectional was occupied in this study to examine the relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and internet addiction among young adults. A total of 300 undergraduates from UTAR Perak campus were participated through convenience sampling. A selfadministered questionnaire which consisted Internet Addiction Test, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale Version was employed. Travis Hirschi’s Social Bond / Social Control Theory was adapted in this study to explain the relationship of loneliness and life satisfaction, and internet addiction. Pearson Correlation was employed and revealed significantly positive relationship between internet addiction and loneliness (r = 0.675); meanwhile the relationship between internet addiction and life satisfaction were also found to be significant but negatively associated (r = -0.501). Furthermore, multiple linear regression was run to figure out the predictor of internet addiction between loneliness and life satisfaction and findings showed two predictors statistically significantly predicted internet addiction, F(2, 297) = 150.999, R² = .504. Specifically, loneliness best predicted internet addiction. Lastly, male (M = 49.56, SD = 12.49) and female (M = 46.28, SD = 12.78) differ significantly in internet addiction, t(298) = 2.232. All the results were analyzed with SPSS 23.0 software.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Wong, Xi Yu
Gan, Shi Yi
Chong, Han Jie
author_facet Wong, Xi Yu
Gan, Shi Yi
Chong, Han Jie
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title The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
title_short The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
title_full The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
title_fullStr The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship Between Loneliness, Life Satisfaction and Internet Addiction Among Young Adults
title_sort relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and internet addiction among young adults
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/2322/1/PY%2D2016%2D1105308.pdf
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