ERIC Number: EJ1100376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 8
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Self-Concealment, Social Network Sites Usage, Social Appearance Anxiety, Loneliness of High School Students: A Model Testing
Dogan, Ugur; Çolak, Tugba Seda
Journal of Education and Training Studies, v4 n6 p176-183 Jun 2016
This study was tested a model for explain to social networks sites (SNS) usage with structural equation modeling (SEM). Using SEM on a sample of 475 high school students (35% male, 65% female) students, model was investigated the relationship between self-concealment, social appearance anxiety, loneliness on SNS such as Twitter and Facebook usage. It was hypothesized that SNS usage was predicted directly by self-concealment, was predicted indirectly by loneliness and social appearance anxiety. The SEM showed that SNS usage was significantly predicted directly by self-concealment and was significantly predicted indirectly by social appearance anxiety and loneliness. It was revealed that the fit indicies of the SEM created (?[superscipt 2] : 6.18, df: 2, ?[superscript 2]/df: 3.09, p = 0.04558, RMSEA = 0.065, GFI = 0.99, AGFI = 0.97, NFI = 0.98, NNFI = 0.95, CFI = 0.98, IFI = 0.98, RMR = 0.049; SRMR = 0.028) in fit values. Based on the results social appearance anxiety, self-concealment and loneliness of high school students are remarkable predictors in terms of SNS usage.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Privacy, Social Networks, Web Sites, Use Studies, Self Concept, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Social Isolation, Structural Equation Models, Hypothesis Testing, Self Esteem, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: UCLA Loneliness Scale
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