Problematic internet use: variants of cognitive-behavioural model under path analysis
Teo, Chai Ping Agnes, Lim, Kokkwang, and Oei, Po Tian (2017) Problematic internet use: variants of cognitive-behavioural model under path analysis. International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 3 (2). 130.
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Abstract
Internet use has been receiving increasing attention from researchers and clinicians. However, few theoretical models of problematic internet use have been tested empirically, especially in Asia where a considerably high number of internet users have been documented. This study proposed variations of and tested Davis’s [1] modified cognitive-behavioural model of problematic internet use in an Asian sample. The participants were 296 university students (60.8% female, 39.2% male) between 17 and 49 years of age in Singapore. The results from path analyses did not support Davis’s model as a whole. However, significant pathways were found between psychopathology and maladaptive cognitions, as well as between maladaptive cognitions and generalised problematic internet use. Implications for research foci in the future were discussed.
| Item ID: | 51282 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2455-3867 |
| Keywords: | computer and human behaviour, internet use, maladaptive cognitions, cognitive-behavioural model, university students in Asia. |
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| Additional Information: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2017 23:22 |
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