An investigation into the problematic use of Facebook

Zach W.Y. Lee; Christy M K Cheung; Dimple R. Thadani

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.106

An investigation into the problematic use of Facebook

Zach W.Y. Lee^*, Christy M K Cheung, Dimple R. Thadani

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Social networking sites (SNSs) have become new phenomena in social communication and interaction patterns which have profound impact in the way people communicate and connect with one another. The aim of this study is to test the advanced cognitive-behavioral model of generalized problematic Internet use (GPIU) in the context of Facebook use. The findings suggested that a preference for online social interaction and use of Facebook for mood regulation significantly explained the deficient self-regulation of Facebook use. Deficient self-regulation in turn showed great influence on and led to negative outcomes associating with the problematic Facebook use. Results indicated the data fit the model well and the variables in the current model accounted for 36 percent of the variance in mood regulation, 35 percent in respondents' deficient self-regulation, and 56 percent of variance explained in the negative outcomes. The findings provided important implications for both researchers and practitioners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1768-1776
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9780769545257
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.106
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012 - Maui, HI, United States Duration: 4 Jan 2012 → 7 Jan 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

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Conference	45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui, HI
Period	4/01/12 → 7/01/12

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Deficient self-regulation
Facebook
Generalized problematic Internet use
Mood regulation
Preference for online social interaction
Problematic Facebook use
Social networking sites

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Lee, Z. W. Y., Cheung, C. M. K., & Thadani, D. R. (2012). An investigation into the problematic use of Facebook. In Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45 (pp. 1768-1776). Article 6149100 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.106

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Lee, ZWY, Cheung, CMK & Thadani, DR 2012, An investigation into the problematic use of Facebook. in Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45., 6149100, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1768-1776, 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012, Maui, HI, United States, 4/01/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.106

An investigation into the problematic use of Facebook. / Lee, Zach W.Y.; Cheung, Christy M K ; Thadani, Dimple R.
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45. IEEE Computer Society, 2012. p. 1768-1776 6149100 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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