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Social anxiety moderates the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3504-9037
2016 (English)In: Cyberpsychology : Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, E-ISSN 1802-7962, Vol. 10, no 3, article id UNSP 3Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Excessive online chatting can lead to unwanted consequences such as compulsive Internet use over time. Not all adolescents use chatting for the same purpose, however, and these links may not be as pronounced for socially anxious adolescents as they likely communicate with others online in order to compensate for offline social inadequacies. The current study investigated whether social anxiety moderated the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use over time. Using a sample of 523 early adolescents (269 girls; M-age = 14.00) from a 3-wave longitudinal study, the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use were investigated via manifest autoregressive models, and moderating effects of social anxiety were tested via multiple group comparison procedures. The results showed bidirectional links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use from Time 2-Time 3, as excessive chatting predicted more symptoms of compulsive Internet use, whereas compulsive Internet use predicted more excessive chatting-over and above the effects of gender. These links were present for adolescents low on social anxiety, but they were largely missing for highly socially anxious adolescents. Thus, social anxiety may have protective effects for early adolescents who spend too much time chatting online, as it may help reduce the risk of developing symptoms of compulsive Internet use.

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Masaryk University , 2016. Vol. 10, no 3, article id UNSP 3
Keywords [en]
social anxiety, excessive chatting, compulsive Internet use, synchronous communication, early adolescence
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-57679DOI: 10.5817/CP2016-3-3ISI: 000399972700003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84994718410OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-57679DiVA, id: diva2:1095886
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Swedish Research Council
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Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare 

Available from: 2017-05-16 Created: 2017-05-16 Last updated: 2024-01-10Bibliographically approved

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