Social Network Service Addiction Research Articles

Investigating the impact of mobile SNS addiction on individual’s self-rated health

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how WeChat addiction influences users’ physical, mental, and social health.Design/methodology/approachA national survey was conducted in China. A total of 1,058 responses were collected from 31 regions of China.FindingsThe regression results show that WeChat addiction is negatively associated with users’ physical, mental, and social health. The negative effects are significant even after adjusting for the effects of the Big Five personality traits, years of using WeChat, and demographic variables such as age, gender, education level, and monthly income. Years of using WeChat is not significantly related to users’ health. It is also found that the influence of WeChat addiction on health outcomes is sensitive to years of WeChat use. The influence is dormant when users have less than three years of WeChat usage, but starts to exhibit itself after three years.Research limitations/implicationsAddictive use of WeChat is associated with declining overall health among Chinese users. Given the cross-sectional nature of this study, definite causal relationship between WeChat addiction and health deterioration cannot be established. Controlled experiments are needed to further examine the causal effects of WeChat addiction.Originality/valueWeChat is the most popular mobile social network service (SNS) in China, but its comprehensive impact on users’ health is rarely studied. This paper extends the extant research on SNS addiction by providing a deepened understanding of how mobile SNS addiction affects personal health in the unique context of WeChat, which provides an important contribution to the interdisciplinary research in public health, psychology, and information systems.

Abusive supervision and social network service addiction

I examined the organizational behaviors related to social network service addiction in workplaces. Using a survey method, I collected data from 305 employees in South Korean companies and employed multiple regression analyses on the data. Results showed, first, that abusive supervision was positively associated with social network service addiction. Second, social network service addiction decreased organizational commitment and increased turnover intention. Third, social network service addiction mediated the relationship between abusive supervision and employees' job attitudes, such as organizational commitment and turnover intention. Finally, employees' perceived organizational support decreased the effect of abusive supervision on social network service addiction. The implications of these findings include the fact that corporate executives need to recognize the appearance of abusive supervision by monitoring the phenomenon of employees' social network service addiction.

Effects of University Students' Social Comparison Orientation on Their SNS Addiction through Self-esteem

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the mediating effects of self-esteem between social comparison orientation and social network service (SNS) addiction in university students. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed. The data were statistically analyzed by using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Sobel test and Bootstrap method, and Kappa squared mediation effect size measure were used to identify the mediator’s significance. A convenience sample of 195 subjects was recruited from two universities in Korea. Results: The mean age of the subjects was 22.58±1.81. The subjects showed relatively high levels of SNS addiction with a mean score of 14.33±4.80. The overall model significantly explained 37.0% of variances in the subjects’ SNS addiction after controlling gender, age, grade, major, period of SNS using, time spent on SNS per day, and times accessed SNS per day. Of the predictors, time spent on SNS per day, social comparison orientation, and self-esteem were significantly associated with SNS addiction. Self-esteem was the mediator between social comparison orientation and SNS addiction. Conclusion: When developing strategies for preventing SNS addiction, interventions for reducing time spent on SNS per day, not having upward social comparison orientation, and improving the self-esteem should be considered. These findings might provide a theoretical basis for developing effective strategies for preventing SNS addiction in university students.

Workplace Violence and Social Network Service Addiction

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organizational politics on employees' social network service addiction and how it influences their job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. And this study explores if leader-member exchange can moderate the relationship between organizational politics and social network service addiction. Research, design, data, and methodology - For this, this study collected data from 305 employees in Korean companies through a survey method and uses SPSS 18.0 for hierarchical regression analysis in the hypothesis test. Results - First, organizational politics increases immersion, compulsion and association among the sub-factors of social network service addiction. Second, each phenomena of social network service addiction such as salience, compulsion and association decrease each relevant factors of job satisfaction and organizational citizen behavior. Third, compulsion and association among the sub-factors of social network service addiction play the mediating roles between organizational politics and each relevant factors of job satisfaction/organizational citizen behavior. Finally, some of sub-factors of leader-member exchange decrease the effect of each characteristics of organizational politics on immersion, compulsion and association among the sub-factors of social network service addiction. Conclusions - This study provides some of managerial implications to corporate executives who try to manage organizational attitude.

The Relationship between Narcissism and Problematic Social`Networking Sites (SNS) Use: Mediating Role of Attachment Instability

Social Networking Sites (SNS) are used by more and more people and have many positive aspects of human life, but they are also causing addiction enough to interfere with everyday life. Especially in Korea, more and more children and adolescents are indulged in SNS, and adults also have many side effects of SNS such as neglect of work, relationship problems, and attention seeking behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between implicit narcissism and social networking services addiction, mediated by attachment instability. The study comprised 185 cyber university students (69 males and 116 females) and the mean age was 40.13 ± 10.66 years. The instruments of collecting data are comprised of Covert Narcissism Scale, Experience of Close Relationship, and Social Networking Service Addiction Tendency. Simple correlation showed that implicit narcissism and attachment instability were highly correlated with SNS addiction. Also, the regression analysis showed that attachment anxiety mediated between implicit narcissism and SNS addiction. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

Correlates Social Networking Service Addiction and MentalㆍSocial Health and Communication Competence among Nursing Students

Correlates Social Networking Service Addiction and MentalㆍSocial Health and Communication Competence among Nursing Students

Factors Influencing on SNS Addiction Tendency of University Students

Objectives: SNS (Social Networking Service) has many advantages, however, it also has shortcomings such as SNS overuse. In this paper, we shall see factors affecting on SNS addiction tendency of university students. Methods/Statistical Analysis: We collected data from university students in C province of Korea on October 1-30, 2015. They responded questionnaires of SNS addiction tendency, loneliness and secure attachment tendency. We gathered 248 answer sheets and analyzed 211 except for the incomplete one. We analyzed data through independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Findings: Findings indicated that the mean score of SNS addiction tendency of the university students was 42.85lete one. We analyzed data through independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation among the groups (F = 7.094, p = .001). SNS addiction tendency showed a significant correlation with loneliness (r = .293, p<.001) and secure attachment tendency (r = -.410, p<.05). SNS addiction tendency was significantly affected by secure attachment tendency (t = -4.386, p<.001) and loneliness (t = 2.292, p<.05). These variables explained 18.1% of SNS addiction tendency among university students. Improvements/Applications: Therefore, to reduce SNS addiction tendency of university students, it is required to develop psychological and social interventions to reduce their loneliness and to increase secure attachment tendency.

He Influence of Workplace Bullying on Employees’ SNS Addiction: Moderating Effect of Perceived Organizational Support

본 연구의 목적은 직장 내에서 종업원의 SNS 중독과 관련한 조직행동을 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위해, 먼저, 직장 내 따돌림이 종업원의 SNS 중독을 유발하는지를 규명하고자 하였다. 또한, 종업원들의 SNS 중독이 그들의 직무만족과 조직시민행동에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 추가적으로, 조직지원인식이 직장 내 따돌림이 종업원의 SNS 중독에 미치는 영향관계를 완화하는지를 탐색하였다. 실증분석을 위하여 수도권 소재 기업에 종사하는 근로자 305명을 대상으로 설문조사를 통해 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 그 결과, 첫째, 직무관련 따돌림은 심할수록 종업원은 SNS 활동에 도취하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 사람관련 따돌림이 심할수록 종업원은 SNS 활동에 더욱 도취할 뿐 만 아니라 SNS 커뮤니티와의 결속을 강화하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 종업원이 SNS를 현저하게 사용할수록 그들의 동료에 대한 만족도가 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 종업원이 충동적으로 SNS를 사용할수록 그들의 동료 및 상사에 대한 만족도가 떨어지며, 조직중심의 조직시민행동도 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 뿐만 아니라 SNS 커뮤니티와의 결속을 강화할수록 직장에서 업무에 대한 만족도가 떨어지며, 개인중심의 조직시민행동이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 조직지원인식이 높은 종업원일수록, 직무관련 따돌림으로 인해 SNS활동에 도취하는 정도가 상대적으로 낮은 것으로 나타났고, 사람관련 따돌림으로 인해 SNS 커뮤니티와 결속하는 정도도 상대적으로 약한 것으로 나타났다.The purpose of this study was to examine the organizational behaviors related to employees social network service (SNS) addiction and workplace bullying. This study verifies the effect of employees’ SNS addiction on their job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. Additionally, this study explores if perceived organizational support moderates the relationship between workplace bullying and SNS addiction. For analysis, this study collected data from employees working in metropolitan area of Korea. Results are as follows. First, as job-related bullying increases, employees pursue euphoria through SNS use. Further, as person-related bullying increases, employees pursue euphoria through SNS use and association with the SNS community. Second, as the salience of SNS use by employees increases, their satisfaction with colleagues decreases. As the compulsion of SNS use by employees increases, their satisfaction with colleagues and supervision decreases and their organizational citizenship behavior decreases. Also, as the employees’ association with SNS community increases, their satisfaction with work decreases and individual-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Finally, perceived organizational support decreases the influence of workplace bullying on their SNS addiction.

Social capital on mobile SNS addiction

Purpose – Social capital has been identified as a valuable resource that can lead to various positive outcomes of social activities in both online and offline communities. The purpose of this paper is to argue that social capital can also be an important ingredient in the development of adverse outcomes, such as technology addiction. Design/methodology/approach – Based on social capital theory and prior research related to perceived integration, a research model that reflects the effects of online and offline social capitals as well as perceived integration on mobile social networking service (SNS) addiction was developed and empirically examined based on data collected from 458 mobile SNS users in China. Findings – The structural equation modeling analysis shows that online social interaction ties and online social supports positively affect mobile SNS addiction, whereas offline social supports and online social identification negatively affect mobile SNS addiction. In addition, perceived integration between online and offline channels by using mobile SNS positively influences online social interaction ties, offline social interaction ties, and mobile SNS addiction. Practical implications – From the practical perspective, the results of the study offer interesting implications for managing mobile SNS addiction. The study found that online social interaction ties and online social support positively influence mobile SNS addiction, whereas offline social support negatively influence mobile SNS addiction. Social implications – The mobile SNS users should invest more time to participate in offline social activities and maintain good social relationships with their family, colleagues, and friends in the real world. Originality/value – The present study has both theoretical and practical implications. From a theoretical perspective, unlike many previous studies tend to regard social capital as the predictor of positive outcomes of users’ social activities, the study contributes to the extant information systems literature by exploring the potential negative consequences of social capital on users’ social lives. The results of the study indicate that social capital is a significant predictor of mobile SNS addiction.

Effects of social and technology overload on psychological well-being in young South Korean adults: The mediatory role of social network service addiction

This study examined the effects of social and information technology overload on psychological well-being. It also explored the mediating role of social network service (SNS) addiction in the hypothesized relationships between these variables. A sample of 419 college students and employees in their 20s and 30s, who were SNS users in South Korea, participated in the study. The results showed that social and information technology overload did not exert a direct impact on psychological well-being. SNS addiction served as a mediator in the relationships between these variables. The theoretical contributions and useful managerial implications of the study, with respect to reducing SNS users' addiction and improving their psychological well-being, were described.

A Study of the Antecedents and the Consequences of Social Network Service Addiction

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of job demand on employees’ social network service addiction and how it influences their job...

SNS 중독에 영향을 미치는 영향 요인에 대한 실증적 연구

모바일 인터넷 기술의 진보와 함께 소셜네트워크 서비스 사용은 일상생활에서 흔한 일이 되고 있다. 이러한 현상 속에서 기존 연구들은 인터넷 중독이나 모바일 폰 중독을 활용하여 연구가 진행되어 왔으나, SNS 사용맥락에서 중독에 관한 연구는 논의가 되지 못한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 SNS 사용 중독에 영향을 미치는 변수를 파악하고자 한다. 기존의 인터넷 중독연구의 결과와는 달리, 본 연구에서는 사회화, 즐거움, 고독감과 같은 변수들이 중독에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 기대하였다. 한국 대학생들을 대상으로 설문데이터를 확보하였으며, 최소자승 추정법을 활용하여 가설을 검증하였다. 연구결과, 사회화, 즐거움, 고독감 모두 SNS 중독에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 사회화 역시 즐거움에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. Along with the recent advances of mobile internet technology, use of social network service(SNS) is very common among adolescents or college students in their daily lives. Although there have been a lot of studies on Internet addiction or mobile phone addiction, however, there were little research on SNS addiction so far. Scholars investigated somewhat broader and obscure phenomenon of Internet addiction. In this regard, the current study tried to examine factors which influence SNS addiction behavior. Unlike Internet addiction, there are positive influencing factors such socialization, enjoyment as well as problematic ones like loneliness. Data were collected from college students in Korea to examine how those factors influence addiction behavior and hypotheses were tested using the partial least square method. All three factors, socialization, enjoyment, and loneliness, were found to significantly influence SNS addiction and socialization was positively associated with enjoyment.

융복합 시대에 소셜 네트워크 서비스 사용자들의 중독 요인에 대한 연구: 습관의 역할

최근 소셜 네트워크 서비스의 과잉적 사용으로 야기되는 서비스 중독에 대해 많은 관심이 집중되고 있다. 서비스 중독은 능률 저하, 심리 및 육체적으로 부정적인 영향을 미치기 때문에, 소셜 네트워크 서비스 중독 메커니즘을 이해하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구 모형에서는 서비스 습관을 서비스 중독 형성의 핵심 요인으로 고려하였으며, 자기표현, 네트워크 관리, 정보 검색의 영향도 함께 살펴보았다. 페이스북 사용자 206명의 데이터를 바탕으로 제안한 연구 모형을 분석하였다. 연구 모형 분석 결과 서비스 습관은 서비스 중독 형성의 핵심 요인으로 밝혀졌다. 그리고 자기표현, 네트워크 관리, 정보 검색은 서비스 습관을 매개로 하여 서비스 중독에 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 사용자들에 대한 중독 메커니즘을 이해하고 관련 디지털 융복합 정책 및 전략을 수립하는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. Given social problems of social network service (SNS) addiction, it is critical to understand user's formation mechanism of SNS addiction. Since a number of studies have demonstrated the negative outcomes of excessive SNS use, the researchers examined important antecedents of SNS addiction as SNS habit that is considered as a key driver of SNS addiction. Moreover, the effects of self-expression, network management, and information search on SNS addition formation were investigated. The proposed theoretical model was empirically tested by using longitudinal survey data collected from 206 Facebook users. The analysis results indicate that SNS habit plays an important role in forming SNS addiction. Further, self-expression, network management, and information search influence SNS addiction through SNS habit. The analysis results offer some in-depth perspectives to SNS providers and government that establish policies or digital convergence strategies to induce healthy SNS use.