Abstract
Relationship between Self-concept Clarity and Generalised Pathological Internet Use among Undergraduates in Malaysia
Highlights
Background of The Study Internet Users Survey of Malaysia (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, 2020) testified that Internet users in Malaysia increased from 64.1% in year 2012 to 88.7% in year 2020
Internet users were most comprised of young adults in their twenties, where they accounted for 30% in year 2018 (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, 2018) and had a big leap, which achieved 46% of the total population (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, 2020)
Based on the knowledge gaps of inconsistency explanation made on the relationship between Self-concept Clarity (SCC) and Generalised Pathological Internet Use (GPIU) and lack of literature on GPIU with the studied model in Malaysia, this study aims to (1) determine the correlation between SCC with GPIU among undergraduates and (2) examine the predicting effects of SCC and demographic background on GPIU among undergraduates
Summary
Background of The Study Internet Users Survey of Malaysia (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, 2020) testified that Internet users in Malaysia increased from 64.1% in year 2012 to 88.7% in year 2020. The growing number of heavy Internet user who spent more than 12 hours on the Internet daily from 14% in year 2018 to 21% in year 2020 were reported (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, 2020). These staggering findings alarmed local researchers to investigate this phenomenon, as Young (1999) discovered individuals who spent more than 12 hours per day or 38 hours per week on web browsing were considered as victims of Internet addiction. The term “pathological Internet use (PIU)” as being used in this study, is the compatibility with primary focus of the theory’s perspective, which explains the phenomena, that is not influenced by the substances, but closely resembles the non-substances addiction, such as gambling disorder
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