Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia

Increasing Facebook usage among adolescents has raised more studies and concerns about psychological well-being. This study investigated the relationships of frequency of Facebook use by purpose and Facebook dependency with psychological well-being in eudaimonic approach. It also examined possible m...

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Main Author:	Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Online social networks - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Social media - Psychological aspects - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57880/1/FBMK%202015%2054RR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.578802017-11-02T03:14:13Z Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia 2015-10 Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh Increasing Facebook usage among adolescents has raised more studies and concerns about psychological well-being. This study investigated the relationships of frequency of Facebook use by purpose and Facebook dependency with psychological well-being in eudaimonic approach. It also examined possible moderation effect of self-efficacy and extrovert/ introvert personality in the relationship between three constructs of frequency of Facebook use by purpose and Facebook dependency with overall psychological well-being. A total of 401 secondary school students aged 13-16 were surveyed by using self-administered questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. The study found a significant positive relationship of friends’ connectivity and organizing event with overall psychological well-being, and a significant negative relationship of information seeking about others and Facebook dependency with overall psychological well-being. The result of study revealed that information seeking about others, friends’ connectivity, organizing events and Facebook dependency predict 34 percent of variance in overall psychological well-being. It also found that extrovert/ introvert personality moderate the relationship of information seeking about others and organizing event with overall psychological well-being, and self-efficacy moderate the relationship of organizing events and overall psychological well-being. In term of theoretical contribution, the study clarified the nature of media influence and reaffirmed how media effect on different aspect of psychological well-being. Specifically, the study clarified the relationship between frequency of Facebook use with eudaimonic well-being of users. In term of practice, the finding can be useful for youth development practitioners,families and subsequently adolescents. Youth developments practitioners through educational workshops can train families by giving appropriate awareness about Facebook usage (based on the information of this study), then families by using this knowledge can monitor their children’s online behavior. Online social networks - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Social media - Psychological aspects - Malaysia 2015-10 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57880/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57880/1/FBMK%202015%2054RR.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Online social networks - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Social media - Psychological aspects - Malaysia
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic	Online social networks - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Social media - Psychological aspects - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Online social networks - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Social media - Psychological aspects - Malaysia Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
description	Increasing Facebook usage among adolescents has raised more studies and concerns about psychological well-being. This study investigated the relationships of frequency of Facebook use by purpose and Facebook dependency with psychological well-being in eudaimonic approach. It also examined possible moderation effect of self-efficacy and extrovert/ introvert personality in the relationship between three constructs of frequency of Facebook use by purpose and Facebook dependency with overall psychological well-being. A total of 401 secondary school students aged 13-16 were surveyed by using self-administered questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. The study found a significant positive relationship of friends’ connectivity and organizing event with overall psychological well-being, and a significant negative relationship of information seeking about others and Facebook dependency with overall psychological well-being. The result of study revealed that information seeking about others, friends’ connectivity, organizing events and Facebook dependency predict 34 percent of variance in overall psychological well-being. It also found that extrovert/ introvert personality moderate the relationship of information seeking about others and organizing event with overall psychological well-being, and self-efficacy moderate the relationship of organizing events and overall psychological well-being. In term of theoretical contribution, the study clarified the nature of media influence and reaffirmed how media effect on different aspect of psychological well-being. Specifically, the study clarified the relationship between frequency of Facebook use with eudaimonic well-being of users. In term of practice, the finding can be useful for youth development practitioners,families and subsequently adolescents. Youth developments practitioners through educational workshops can train families by giving appropriate awareness about Facebook usage (based on the information of this study), then families by using this knowledge can monitor their children’s online behavior.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh
author_facet	Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh
author_sort	Naeemi, Seyedeh Somayyeh
title	Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
title_short	Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
title_full	Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia
title_sort	relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57880/1/FBMK%202015%2054RR.pdf
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Relationship between facebook use and psychological well-being among secondary school pupils in Malaysia

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