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Personal Characters and Addictive Use of Facebook

개인 성향과 페이스북의 중독적 이용

  • Received : 2014.07.01
  • Accepted : 2014.12.04
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

The current study explored the factors that affect the addictive use of facebook. This study focused on the relationship between personal characters and the addictive use of facebook. To define the addictive use of facebook, various issues and the definitions of the Internet addiction were first considered in the theoretical background. Then depression, extroversion, openness, and communication competence were considered as the personal characters. Data were obtained by online survey and 600 responses were gathered. The results revealed that depression predicted the higher degree of the addictive use and low communication competence positively affected the addictive use of facebook. However, after controlling for communication competence, depression and extroversion were both associated the addictive use of facebook. Further, social compensation perspectives and social enhancement perspectives, and the policies on the SNS addiction were discussed.

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