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Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents

Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being.This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being.The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents age...

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Main Authors: Naeemi, Somayyeh, Tamam, Ezhar, Hassan, Salleh, Bolong, Jusang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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BF Psychology
T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/1/pro3.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261
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spelling my.uum.repo.129982017-05-03T01:22:07Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/ Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents Naeemi, Somayyeh Tamam, Ezhar Hassan, Salleh Bolong, Jusang BF Psychology T Technology (General) Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being.This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being.The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia.Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data.The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/1/pro3.pdf Naeemi, Somayyeh and Tamam, Ezhar and Hassan, Salleh and Bolong, Jusang (2014) Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 87-91. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic BF Psychology
T Technology (General)
spellingShingle BF Psychology
T Technology (General)
Naeemi, Somayyeh
Tamam, Ezhar
Hassan, Salleh
Bolong, Jusang
Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
description Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being.This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being.The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia.Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data.The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context.
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author Naeemi, Somayyeh
Tamam, Ezhar
Hassan, Salleh
Bolong, Jusang
author_facet Naeemi, Somayyeh
Tamam, Ezhar
Hassan, Salleh
Bolong, Jusang
author_sort Naeemi, Somayyeh
title Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
title_short Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
title_full Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
title_fullStr Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents
title_sort facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among malaysian adolescents
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/1/pro3.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261
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