Hooked on Facebook: The Role of Social Anxiety and Need for Socialn Assurance in Problematic Use of Facebook

摘要

There is a growing concern that excessive and uncontrolled use of Facebook not only interferes with performance at school or work but also poses threats to physical and psychological well-being. The present research investigated how two individual difference variablessocial anxiety and need for social assuranceaffect problematic use of Facebook. Drawing on the basic premises of the social skill model of problematic Internet use, we hypothesized that social anxiety and need for social assurance w