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- Title
Compulsive internet use and the development of self-esteem and hope: A four-year longitudinal study.
- Authors
Donald, James N.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Parker, Philip D.; Sahdra, Baljinder K.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Compulsive internet use (CIU) has been linked to decrements in mental health and well-being. However, relatively little is known about how CIU relates to evaluations of the self, and in particular, whether CIU is antecedent to or is a consequence of negative evaluations of one's social worth (self-esteem) and general efficacy (hope). To examine this, we explored the longitudinal relations between CIU and the development of self-esteem and hope among adolescents over a four-year period.<bold>Method: </bold>Two thousand eight hundred and nine adolescents completed measures yearly from Grade 8 (MAge = 13.7) to Grade 11. Autoregressive cross-lagged structural equation models were used to test whether CIU influenced or was influenced by self-esteem and hope.<bold>Results: </bold>We found consistent support for a CIU-as-antecedent model. CIU preceded reductions in trait hope, and small reductions in self-esteem. In contrast, we did not find evidence for a CIU-as-consequence model: low self-esteem and hope did not predict increases in CIU over time.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Our findings suggest that CIU has negative consequences for young people's feelings of goal-efficacy, and that interventions that address the compulsive use of the internet are likely to strengthen hope and self-esteem among young people.
- Subjects
INTERNET addiction; SELF-esteem in adolescence; HOPE; WELL-being; GOAL (Psychology)
- Publication
Journal of Personality, 2019, Vol 87, Issue 5, p981
- ISSN
0022-3506
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/jopy.12450