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
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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Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2017 23:22
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