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- Title
Relations among loneliness, social anxiety, and problematic Internet use.
- Authors
Caplan, Scott E
- Abstract
The model of problematic Internet use advanced and tested in the current study proposes that individuals' psychosocial well-being, along with their beliefs about interpersonal communication (both face-to-face and online) are important cognitive predictors of negative outcomes arising from Internet use. The study examined the extent to which social anxiety explains results previously attributed to loneliness as a predictor of preference for online social interaction and problematic Internet use. The results support the hypothesis that the relationship between loneliness and preference for online social interaction is spurious, and that social anxiety is the confounding variable.
- Publication
Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society, 2007, Vol 10, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
1094-9313
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/cpb.2006.9963