Problematic Use of Social Networking Sites: The Role of Self-Esteem

摘要: Social networking sites (SNSs) are a flourishing component of the Internet, with enormous potential for growth. The distinctive social-oriented features social platforms provide pleasant interaction experience users. This tends to encourage individuals continue using these excessively without their knowledge, and thus results in problematic use behaviors negative outcomes different aspects life. In view increased attention issues relation psychological well-being variables, main objective this paper is investigate how self-esteem affects development Internet context sites. authors integrated selfe-steem as hypothesized antecedent into model generalized empirically tested 200 Facebook Structural equation modeling analysis confirmed that low predisposes develop preference online (POSI). regulate mood turn predict deficient self-regulation result outcomes. concludes discussion practical theoretical implications.