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An exploratory analysis of the relationship of problematic Facebook use with loneliness and self-esteem: the mediating roles of extraversion and self- presentation
PUBLISHED March 09, 2023 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.54985/peeref.2303p4645459)
NOT PEER REVIEWED
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Authors
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Troy Smith1
- Targeted Evidence-Based Research Solutions Ltd
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Conference / event
- 2022 National Health Research Conference, November 2022 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
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Poster summary
- 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.
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Keywords
- Facebook addiction, Loneliness, Self-esteem, Social problems, Mediation, Self-presentation
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Research areas
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
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References
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- 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
- Skogen, J. C., Hjetland, G. J., Bøe, T., Hella, R. T., & Knudsen, A. K. (2021). Through the Looking Glass of Social Media. Focus on Self-Presentation and Association with Mental Health and Quality of Life. A Cross-Sectional Survey-Based Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3319. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063319
- Smith, T. (2022). An exploratory analysis of the relationship of problematic Facebook use with loneliness and self-esteem: The mediating roles of extraversion and self-presentation. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03505-0
- Zhou, Y., Li, H., Han, L., & Yin, S. (2021). Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Pathological Internet Use: Mediating Effects of Loneliness and Depression. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 739981. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.739981
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Funding
- No data provided
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Supplemental files
- No data provided
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Additional information
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- Competing interests
- No competing interests were disclosed.
- Data availability statement
- The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
- Creative Commons license
- 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.
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Smith, T. An exploratory analysis of the relationship of problematic Facebook use with loneliness and self-esteem: the mediating roles of extraversion and self- presentation [not peer reviewed]. Peeref 2023 (poster).
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