Role of Problematic Internet Use, Sense of Belonging and Social Appearance Anxiety in Facebook Use Intensity of University Students

Umay Bilge Baltacı,Zeliha Tras,Kemal Öztemel

doi:10.5539/ies.v12n8p1

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the role of problematic internet usa, sense of belonging and social appearance anxiety in facebook use intensity of university students. The sample of the study consisted of 484 (332 female, 68.6% and 152 male 31.4%) different faculties of various universities of Konya. Problematic Internet Use Scale, General Belongingness Scale, Facebook Intensity Scale, The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, Personal Knowledge Form were used in the study. Pearson Correlation Product Conduct and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. According to the findings of the study, There was a significant positive relationship between the mean scores of the participants on the Facebook Intensity Scale and the mean scores of the Problematic Internet Use Scale and the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale. Regression analysis examined shows that social appearance anxiety and problematic internet use and general belonging sense average scale scores were significantly prediction of Facebook İntensity Scale Scores. The results of the research were discussed within the framework of the literature. Based on the findings of the research, comments and suggestions were developed.

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The internet enables millions of people to do a range of things like communicating, researching, executing business transactions, accessing to international libraries, shopping, or making vacation plans with ease (Young, 1999; Thatcher & Goolam, 2005)
It is thought that social media platforms contribute largely to the forming of the Internet-based social life
When the table is examined it can be seen that all variables together that are stated as predictor variables predict The Facebook Intensity Scale on a significant level (R=.31, R2=.10, F= 17.445, p

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The internet enables millions of people to do a range of things like communicating, researching, executing business transactions, accessing to international libraries, shopping, or making vacation plans with ease (Young, 1999; Thatcher & Goolam, 2005). Many people put an online (the Internet-based) social life, that enables myriad possibilities which are almost impossible in offline world, in the center of their lives (Stieger, Burger, Bohn, & Voracek, 2012). It is thought that social media platforms contribute largely to the forming of the Internet-based social life. Since their earliest days, social media platforms like Instagram, MySpace, and Facebook have attracted millions of users, and many of them, whether personal or corporate, have integrated these platforms to their daily applications (Boyd & Ellison, 2007). It is stated that being one of the most popular social media platforms, Facebook has approximately 2.20 billon active users monthly, and 1.45 billion daily (Facebook, 2018). According to the review of Social Report, Facebook users are 52% female, and 47% male. 87% of online users aged 18-29 use Facebook (Social Report, 2018)

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