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Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities

This study is aimed to examine the motivation of Internet use among university students in Malaysia. A total of 102 students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) answered the pencil-paper questionnaire. Result of descriptive analysis showed that 49.02% of students were identified as pathological...

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Main Authors: Xi, L., Jiar, Y. K.
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2016
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LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
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spelling my.utm.700212017-11-14T06:23:15Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/70021/ Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities Xi, L. Jiar, Y. K. LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology This study is aimed to examine the motivation of Internet use among university students in Malaysia. A total of 102 students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) answered the pencil-paper questionnaire. Result of descriptive analysis showed that 49.02% of students were identified as pathological Internet use (PIU). The predominant motivation of Internet use were information seeking and entertainment/escape. The inferential analysis using MANOVA indicated that students with PIU reported significantly higher scores of all motivation factors of Internet use than their non-PIU peers. Correlational test was used to examine the relationship between motivation of Internet use and Internet activities found that social recognition was significantly related to four Internet activities including social networking site (SNS), online game, shopping and browsing. Entertainment/escape was only related to SNS usage. The low coefficient of correlation between motivation and Internet activities implied the influence of potential variables. Penerbit UTM Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/70021/1/LuXi2016_MotivationofInternetUseRelationWithPathological.pdf Xi, L. and Jiar, Y. K. (2016) Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities. Jurnal Teknologi, 78 (1). pp. 181-188. ISSN 0127-9696 http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.3635 DOI:10.11113/jt.v78.3635
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
spellingShingle LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
Xi, L.
Jiar, Y. K.
Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
description This study is aimed to examine the motivation of Internet use among university students in Malaysia. A total of 102 students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) answered the pencil-paper questionnaire. Result of descriptive analysis showed that 49.02% of students were identified as pathological Internet use (PIU). The predominant motivation of Internet use were information seeking and entertainment/escape. The inferential analysis using MANOVA indicated that students with PIU reported significantly higher scores of all motivation factors of Internet use than their non-PIU peers. Correlational test was used to examine the relationship between motivation of Internet use and Internet activities found that social recognition was significantly related to four Internet activities including social networking site (SNS), online game, shopping and browsing. Entertainment/escape was only related to SNS usage. The low coefficient of correlation between motivation and Internet activities implied the influence of potential variables.
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author Xi, L.
Jiar, Y. K.
author_facet Xi, L.
Jiar, Y. K.
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title Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
title_short Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
title_full Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
title_fullStr Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
title_full_unstemmed Motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
title_sort motivation of internet use: relation with pathological internet use, gender and internet activities
publisher Penerbit UTM Press
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/70021/1/LuXi2016_MotivationofInternetUseRelationWithPathological.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/70021/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.3635
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