Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents

• Main Authors: Naeemi, Somayyeh, Tamam, Ezhar, Hassan, Salleh, Bolong, Jusang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37606/1/37606.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37606/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814057279
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being. This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being. The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context.