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Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia

Internet addiction has reached an alarming rate. However, it was unclear that the correlation between of anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. Therefore, current study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction....

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Main Authors: Sin, Rodney Ming Keen, Tan, Wai Yee, Yuon, Jia Xin
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2020
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BF Psychology
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spelling my-utar-eprints.38042021-01-05T11:48:08Z Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia Sin, Rodney Ming Keen Tan, Wai Yee Yuon, Jia Xin BF Psychology Internet addiction has reached an alarming rate. However, it was unclear that the correlation between of anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. Therefore, current study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction. The gender difference in internet addiction was examined as well. Current study used quantitative and cross-sectional research design. A total of 391 Malaysian emerging adults were recruited by using purposive sampling method. Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used in the present study. The independent sample t-test indicated that there is no significant gender difference in the internet addiction. Besides, Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a medium, significant negative correlation between anxiety and self-esteem and the Multiple regression analysis found that anxiety and self-esteem significantly predicted internet addiction. Current study highlighted the importance of considering the level of anxiety and self-esteem when addressing internet addiction. Hence, it has a vital implication for the targeted samples, educationalists, parents and also the legal authorities. Future study should use longitudinal study, develop bilingual survey and include validity scale to enhance the generalizability of the results. 2020-04-01 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3804/1/fyp_PY_2020_SRMK_%2D_1604814.pdf Sin, Rodney Ming Keen and Tan, Wai Yee and Yuon, Jia Xin (2020) Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3804/
institution Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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content_provider Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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topic BF Psychology
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Sin, Rodney Ming Keen
Tan, Wai Yee
Yuon, Jia Xin
Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
description Internet addiction has reached an alarming rate. However, it was unclear that the correlation between of anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. Therefore, current study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction. The gender difference in internet addiction was examined as well. Current study used quantitative and cross-sectional research design. A total of 391 Malaysian emerging adults were recruited by using purposive sampling method. Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used in the present study. The independent sample t-test indicated that there is no significant gender difference in the internet addiction. Besides, Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a medium, significant negative correlation between anxiety and self-esteem and the Multiple regression analysis found that anxiety and self-esteem significantly predicted internet addiction. Current study highlighted the importance of considering the level of anxiety and self-esteem when addressing internet addiction. Hence, it has a vital implication for the targeted samples, educationalists, parents and also the legal authorities. Future study should use longitudinal study, develop bilingual survey and include validity scale to enhance the generalizability of the results.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Sin, Rodney Ming Keen
Tan, Wai Yee
Yuon, Jia Xin
author_facet Sin, Rodney Ming Keen
Tan, Wai Yee
Yuon, Jia Xin
author_sort Sin, Rodney Ming Keen
title Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_short Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_full Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_fullStr Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_sort relationship between anxiety, self-esteem and internet addiction among emerging adults in malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3804/1/fyp_PY_2020_SRMK_%2D_1604814.pdf
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3804/
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