An exploratory analysis of the relationship of problematic Facebook use with loneliness and self-esteem: the mediating roles of extraversion and self- presentation

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作者

Troy Smith¹

1. Targeted Evidence-Based Research Solutions Ltd

会议/活动

2022 National Health Research Conference, November 2022 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

海报摘要

The study examined direct and indirect effects of factors associated with problematic Facebook use (PFU) among University students in Trinidad and Tobago. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires that captured psychological factors (loneliness & self-esteem), personality (extraversion) and motives (self-presentation). PFU was evaluated using the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. The prevalence of ‘at-risk’ users was 6.0% with both loneliness and self-esteem significantly associated with PFU. Self-presentation significantly mediated the relationship of loneliness and self-esteem and PFU with PFU. While extraversion only significantly mediated the relationship between self-esteem and PFU. Overall, self- presentation accounted for 33.6% of the total effect of loneliness on PFU. While the cumulative interaction of extraversion and self-presentation resulted in a 47.6% decrease in the direct effect of self-esteem on PFU. Variations in the relationship between psychological factors and PFU were associated with the dominant personality traits and motives for social media use of individuals.

关键词

Facebook addiction, Loneliness, Self-esteem, Social problems, Mediation, Self-presentation

研究领域

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences

参考文献

1. Primi, C., Fioravanti, G., Casale, S., & Donati, M. A. (2021). Measuring Problematic Facebook Use among Adolescents and Young Adults with the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale: A Psychometric Analysis by Applying Item Response Theory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 2979. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062979
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利益冲突

No competing interests were disclosed.

数据可用性声明

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

知识共享许可协议

Copyright © 2023 Smith. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.