کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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351499 | 618471 | 2010 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Perceived stress, sensation seeking, and college students’ abuse of the Internet Perceived stress, sensation seeking, and college students’ abuse of the Internet](/preview/png/351499.png)
College students (n = 140) were examined to test whether sensation seeking and perceived stress would predict abuse of the Internet. Previous studies have found that disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, and total sensation seeking scores were related to Internet abuse ( Chaney and Chang, 2005 and Lin and Tsai, 2001). Because stress has been documented to have a negative effect on students (Pierceall & Keim, 2007), and may be linked to Internet use (Lavoie & Pychyl, 2001), it was tested as a possible predictor of Internet abuse. This study also analyzed abuse of the Internet for sexual purposes, because sexuality is prevalent online, and college students are in an age of sexual exploration. Results of stepwise regression analyses revealed that disinhibition and total perceived stress were predictive of Internet abuse for sexual purposes, and perceived hopelessness and boredom susceptibility were predictive of Internet abuse for non-sexual purposes. Implications for students and Internet abuse are discussed.
Journal: Computers in Human Behavior - Volume 26, Issue 6, November 2010, Pages 1526–1530