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Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies

The excessive use of social media will result in overall low well-being among undergraduates. DT is said to be a significant predictor of social media addiction. The limited guidance from experts in lowering social media addiction indirectly reflects the importance of adopting good coping strategies...

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Main Authors: Wong, Bernie Zi Ru, Goh, Sin Jie, Hui, Jie Yeng
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2020
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BF Psychology
Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3805/1/fyp_PY_2020_WBZR_%2D_1602361.pdf
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spelling my-utar-eprints.38052021-01-05T11:50:16Z Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies Wong, Bernie Zi Ru Goh, Sin Jie Hui, Jie Yeng BF Psychology The excessive use of social media will result in overall low well-being among undergraduates. DT is said to be a significant predictor of social media addiction. The limited guidance from experts in lowering social media addiction indirectly reflects the importance of adopting good coping strategies. Moreover, the correlations between the three variables are not clearly investigated in Malaysia. The current study aims to investigate how DT and coping strategies serve as a significant predictor for social media addiction among UTAR undergraduates in the multiculturalism context of Malaysia. A total 230 participants were recruited via purposive sampling in UTAR Kampar campus. Data was collected through paper-and-pen survey. However, only 219 participants have completed the survey and fulfilled the criteria of (i) studying as undergraduate at UTAR Kampar campus; (ii) have at least one social media account. Short DT scale (SD3), Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (COPE), and Bergen Social Networking Addiction Scale (BSNAS) were used to measure desirable variables. The correlation analysis indicated that Machiavellianism, psychopathy, emotion-focused coping strategy and avoidance-focused coping strategy positively predicted social media addiction. Besides, there is no significant relationship between narcissism and problem-focused coping strategies towards social media addiction. The results of the current study contributed to gaining awareness among the responsible parties, implementing constructive strategies and filling in the gaps in the pool of research on findings regarding DT, coping strategies and social media addiction among Malaysian undergraduates. 2020-04-01 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3805/1/fyp_PY_2020_WBZR_%2D_1602361.pdf Wong, Bernie Zi Ru and Goh, Sin Jie and Hui, Jie Yeng (2020) Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3805/
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
Wong, Bernie Zi Ru
Goh, Sin Jie
Hui, Jie Yeng
Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
description The excessive use of social media will result in overall low well-being among undergraduates. DT is said to be a significant predictor of social media addiction. The limited guidance from experts in lowering social media addiction indirectly reflects the importance of adopting good coping strategies. Moreover, the correlations between the three variables are not clearly investigated in Malaysia. The current study aims to investigate how DT and coping strategies serve as a significant predictor for social media addiction among UTAR undergraduates in the multiculturalism context of Malaysia. A total 230 participants were recruited via purposive sampling in UTAR Kampar campus. Data was collected through paper-and-pen survey. However, only 219 participants have completed the survey and fulfilled the criteria of (i) studying as undergraduate at UTAR Kampar campus; (ii) have at least one social media account. Short DT scale (SD3), Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (COPE), and Bergen Social Networking Addiction Scale (BSNAS) were used to measure desirable variables. The correlation analysis indicated that Machiavellianism, psychopathy, emotion-focused coping strategy and avoidance-focused coping strategy positively predicted social media addiction. Besides, there is no significant relationship between narcissism and problem-focused coping strategies towards social media addiction. The results of the current study contributed to gaining awareness among the responsible parties, implementing constructive strategies and filling in the gaps in the pool of research on findings regarding DT, coping strategies and social media addiction among Malaysian undergraduates.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Wong, Bernie Zi Ru
Goh, Sin Jie
Hui, Jie Yeng
author_facet Wong, Bernie Zi Ru
Goh, Sin Jie
Hui, Jie Yeng
author_sort Wong, Bernie Zi Ru
title Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
title_short Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
title_full Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
title_fullStr Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
title_full_unstemmed Dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
title_sort dark triad and social media addiction: the mediating roles of coping strategies
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3805/1/fyp_PY_2020_WBZR_%2D_1602361.pdf
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3805/
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