Till logout do us part? Comparison of factors predicting excessive social network sites use and addiction between Singaporean adolescents and adults

• Main Authors: Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo, Lee, Edmund Wei Jian
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Theory of Planned Behavior; Social Network Sites
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140663
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study applies the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to examine how factors in the TPB, along with personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion), need to belong, self-identity, and self-esteem relate to excessive social network sites (SNSs) use and SNSs addiction among Singaporean adolescents...