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KMID : 1159120180250020371
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology
2018 Volume.25 No. 2 p.371 ~ p.388
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The Relationships between Stress, Self-Control and Facebook Addiction among College Students
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Shin Sung-Man
Song Yong-Su
Oh Jun-Sung
Shin Jung-Mi
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Abstract
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The aim of the present study was to understand Facebook addiction among college students based on self-regulation theory. Considering self-regulation theory and previous studies, stress and self-control were chosen as factors that would affect Facebook addiction. Specifically, it was hypothesized that self-control would have a mediating effect between stress and Facebook addiction. In order to test this hypothesis, a survey was conducted with 221 male and female undergraduate students in an urban city of southern part of Korea. Structural equation modeling analysis was utilized to test the fit of the hypothesized model and to estimate direct and indirect effects of the variables of interest. Results showed that stress did not directly affect Facebook addiction and the effect of stress on Facebook addiction was fully mediated by self-control. This result indicates that Facebook addiction is not directly caused by stress, but caused by lowered self-control due to stress. Implications for the need of appropriate intervention to improve self-control are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Facebook addiction, Stress, Self-control, Self-regulation theory, College students
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