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 Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: BF Psychology; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/1/pro3.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/12998/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.261
• Institution: Universiti Utara 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.