ERIC Number: EJ944970
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jul
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 46
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ISSN: ISSN-1303-6521
Self-Compassion and Internet Addiction
Iskender, Murat; Akin, Ahmet
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v10 n3 p215-221 Jul 2011
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship of self-compassion and internet addiction. Participants were 261 university students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Self-compassion Scale and the Online Cognition Scale. The hypothesis model was tested through structural equation modeling. In correlation analysis, self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness factors of self-compassion were found negatively related to internet addiction. On the other hand, self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification factors of self-compassion were found positively correlated to internet addiction. According to path analysis results, internet addiction was predicted negatively by self-kindness and mindfulness. Further self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification predicted internet addiction in a positive way. Results were discussed in the light of literature. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Path Analysis, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Foreign Countries, Correlation, College Students, Questionnaires, Hypothesis Testing, Altruism, Self Concept, Social Isolation, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Turkey

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