Facebook Addiction among Malaysian Students
International Journal of Information and Education TechnologyPublished 11 March 2015Open access
Hosein Jafarkarimi, Alex Tze Hiang Sim, Robab Saadatdoost, Jee Mei Hee
Citations111
SJR quartileQ3
SJR score0.30
SNIP0.58
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
Malaysia is Facebook with more than 13 million Malaysian users This research aims to investigate the trend of Facebook addiction among students using Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS)
Keywords
Social SciencesDecision Sciences
CyberPsychology & BehaviorInternet Addiction: The Emergence of a New Clinical Disorder
5,348 Citations1998Kimberly Young
This study investigated the existence of Internet addiction and the extent of problems caused by such potential misuse by developing a brief eight-item questionnaire referred to as a Diagnostic Questionnaire (DQ), which can be defined as an impulse-control disorder that does not involve an intoxicant.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOnline Social Networking and Addiction—A Review of the Psychological Literature
2,020 Citations2011Daria J. Kuss, Mark D. Griffiths
The findings indicate that SNSs are predominantly used for social purposes, mostly related to the maintenance of established offline networks, and extraverts appear to use social networking sites for social enhancement, whereas introverts use it for social compensation.
Psychological ReportsDevelopment of a Facebook Addiction Scale
1,818 Citations2012Cecilie Schou Andreassen, Torbjørn Torsheim +2 more
The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale was constructed and administered to 423 students together with several other standardized self-report scales, and was positively related to Neuroticism and Extraversion, and negatively related to Conscientiousness.
American PsychologistInternal versus external control of reinforcement: A case history of a variable.
1,149 Citations1990Julian B. Rotter
CyberPsychology & BehaviorShyness and Locus of Control as Predictors of Internet Addiction and Internet Use
579 Citations2004Katherine Chak, Louis Leung
Results indicated that the higher the tendency of one being addicted to the Internet, the shyer the person is, the less faith the person has, the firmer belief the person holds in the irresistible power of others, and the higher trust the person places on chance in determining his or her own course of life.
MIS QuarterlyIntegrating Technology Addiction and Use: an Empirical Investigation of Online Auction Users1
542 Citations2011Ofir Turel, Alexander Serenko +1 more
Overall, consistent with behavioral addiction models, the findings indicate that users' levels of online auction addiction influence their reasoned IT usage decisions by altering users' belief systems.
Computers in Human BehaviorIs Facebook creating “iDisorders”? The link between clinical symptoms of psychiatric disorders and technology use, attitudes and anxiety
465 Citations2013Larry D. Rosen, Kelly M. Whaling +3 more
Results showed both positive and negative aspects of technology including social media as well as apparently detrimental effects of a preference for multitasking.
CyberPsychology & BehaviorInternet Addiction: Metasynthesis of 1996–2006 Quantitative Research
449 Citations2008Sookeun Byun, Celestino Ruffini +9 more
The analysis showed that previous studies have utilized inconsistent criteria to define Internet addicts, applied recruiting methods that may cause serious sampling bias, and examined data using primarily exploratory rather than confirmatory data analysis techniques to investigate the degree of association rather than causal relationships among variables.
Computer Power And Human Reason: From Judgement To Calculation
408 Citations1991Joseph Weizenbaum
Psychological ReportsDependence on Computer Games by Adolescents
377 Citations1998Mark D. Griffiths, Nigel Hunt
As computer game playing is a popular activity among adolescents, a questionnaire study was undertaken with 387 adolescents to establish their “dependence” using a scale adapted from the DSM-III-R criteria for pathological gambling to indicate one in five adolescents were currently “dependent” upon computer games.
Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social NetworkingMental Health, Personality, and Parental Rearing Styles of Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder
359 Citations2010Xiuqin Huang, Huimin Zhang +4 more
The results of this study confirm that IAD often occurs concurrently with mental symptoms and personality traits such as introversion and psychoticism, and suggest that the influences of parenting style and family function are important factors in the development of Internet dependency.
MIS QuarterlyModeling IT Ethics: A Study in Situational Ethics1
315 Citations1998Debasish Banerjee, Timothy Paul Cronan +1 more
The study identifies acteristics that are associated with and may influence the ethical behavior intention of information systems employees when faced with ethical dilemmas and shows that individual and situational characteristics do influenceethical behavior intention.
Information & ManagementWhat influences IT ethical behavior intentions—planned behavior, reasoned action, perceived importance, or individual characteristics?
289 Citations2004Lori N. K. Leonard, Timothy Paul Cronan +1 more
From the results, organizations may be able to develop realistic training programs for IT professionals and managers and incorporate deterrent and preventive measures that can curb the rising tide of undesired misuse.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry"Computer addiction": A critical consideration.
282 Citations2000Howard J. Shaffer, Matthew N. Hall +1 more
It is argued that empirical support for the construct validity of computer addiction has yet to emerge, that defining the construct as a unique psychiatric disorder is therefore premature, and that, in most cases, excessive computer use may be symptomatic of other, more primary disorders.
The Journal of Sex ResearchSex on the internet: Observations and implications for internet sex addiction
269 Citations2001Mark D. Griffiths
Personality and Individual DifferencesReasons for internet use and social anxiety
215 Citations2005R. Shepherd, Robert J. Edelmann
Behaviour and Information TechnologyThe costs and benefits of ‘computer addiction’
197 Citations1991Margaret A. Shotton
The research was inspired by comments from the press and concerned academics who suggested that computer use could convert 'normal' people into antisocial, machine-code junkies, but the computer-dependent individuals who took part in the study were intelligent, interesting, hospitable, but misunderstood people.
Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement
192 Citations1990Julian B. Rotter
PubMedShould DSM-V Designate "Internet Addiction" a Mental Disorder?
192 Citations2009Ronald W. Pies
Based on a model emphasizing intrinsic suffering and incapacity, as well as data regarding course, prognosis, temporal stability, and response to treatment, it appears premature to consider internet addiction as a discrete disease entity.
Computers & EducationSocial self-efficacy, academic locus of control, and internet addiction
172 Citations2009Murat İskender, Ahmet Akın
Results suggest that internet addiction was explained negatively by social self-efficacy and internal academic locus of control and positively by external academic locu of control.
Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationThe Role of Internet User Characteristics and Motives in Explaining Three Dimensions of Internet Addiction
171 Citations2009Jung-Hyun Kim, Paul M. Haridakis
The term Internet addiction is used for consistency in this study because conceptual confusion surrounding this emotion-laden term has made it difficult to ascertain the precise psychopathology arguably associated with it.
Computers in Human BehaviorFacebook: Social uses and anxiety
130 Citations2014Bethany McCord, Thomas L. Rodebaugh +1 more
It is suggested that anxiety on Facebook clarifies the relationship between social anxiety and social Facebook use and predicts social anxiety only once Anxiety on Facebook has been accounted for.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthGetting plugged in: An overview of Internet addiction
126 Citations2010Caroline Flisher
The prevalence, symptoms and management of Internet addiction and the consequences of ignoring the ever growing concerns from public figures and institutions are explored.
Human Resource Development ReviewInternal Versus External Control of Reinforcement: A Review of the Locus of Control Construct
108 Citations2009Martin B. Kormanik, Tonette S. Rocco
The Philosophical ReviewCritical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice.
83 Citations1999Harry Brighouse, Jeffrey Reiman
Human NatureThe costs and benefits of kin
67 Citations2004Craig Hadley
It is unlikely that the high prevalence of undernutrition observed in this setting is influenced by the availability of kin, and small associations between measures of maternal kin network size and child mortality and children’s growth performance are shown.
iBusinessInternet Addiction in Malaysia Causes and Effects
46 Citations2013Ashish Kapahi, Choo Siow Ling +2 more
Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları DergisiFacebook Addiction among University Students in Turkey: "Selcuk University Example"
45 Citations2013Şükrü Balcı, Abdulkadir Gölcü
Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity The Journal of Treatment and PreventionThe URGES Approach: Urge Reduction by Growing Ego Strength (URGES) for Trauma/Addiction Treatment Using Alternate Bilateral Stimulation, Hypnotherapy, Ego State Therapy and Energy Psychology
14 Citations2008Jennifer L. Barbieri
Internet Addiction and dependency: A case study in UNITEN, Malaysia
11 Citations2011Boshra Haghighi, Marini Othman +1 more
KyklosOnline Networks and Subjective Well‐Being
7 Citations2017Fabio Sabatini, Francesco Sarracino
It is found that online networking plays a positive role in subjective well-being through its impact on physical interactions, whereas SNS use is associated with lower social trust, and the overall effect of networking on individual welfare is significantly negative.