Journal
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931955
Keywords
absorption; immersion; mental health; Facebook addiction; internet addiction; social adaptation
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- Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office [NKFI K 120334]
- Health Psychology Department [20692B800]
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This study explores the personal predispositions and dependencies while individuals use digital media and communication devices and analyzes the statistical features of the popular Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (ITQ) in assessing personality trait-dependent reaction to mediated environments. The study finds that the short form of the ITQ is reliable and adequate for assessing the relationship between self-referred and environment-dependent psychological functions.
This study explores the personal predispositions and dependencies while individuals use digital media and communication devices and analyses the statistical features of the Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (ITQ) that is popular in assessing the personality trait-dependent reaction to mediated environments. The study evaluated 781 healthy graduates and postgraduates, of which 192 were men (average age: 28.6 years) and 589 were women (average age: 28.4 years). We applied several questionnaires to measure immersive tendencies in a mediated environment, adaptive and maladaptive personality predispositions, and problematic Internet use and Facebook addiction scales. We analyze the statistical features of the long and short forms of the Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire. The data obtained support the reliable usage of the short form of the instrument. The factor structure of the questionnaire presents dual facets. First, it indicates an absorptive and immersive tendency in any case of maladaptive tendencies. Second, it reflects an intensive capability to focus on the mediated environment with adequate cognitive control to avoid any contingency of being addicted. The short form of the ITQ is reliable and adequate to assess the relationship between the self-referred and environment-dependent psychological functions.
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