The Relationships Between Self-Efficacy, Internet Addiction and Shame
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BACKGROUND: Internet addiction (IAD) is one of the most diffuse mental disorders among adolescents. AIMS: The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationships between shame, self-efficacy and Internet addiction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We recruited a total of 670 college students (males = 164, 24.5%; females = 506, 75.5%). The subjects were aged between 18 and 36 years (M = 20.93, SD = 2.52; males: M = 21.43, SD = 2.95; females: M = 20.76, SD = 2.35). We administered the following instruments: Experience of Shame Scale; Perceived Social Self-Efficacy Scale - Adult Version; Perceived Self-Efficacy in Handling Negative Emotions Scales; Internet Addiction Test. STATISTICS ANALYSIS: We applied multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA), Pearson's correlation indices and linear regression analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: We found a significant inter-relation between Internet addiction and shame. Shame could be a good predictor of Internet addiction.
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- Authors
- Craparo, G., Messina, R., Severino, S., Fasciano, S., Cannella, V., Gori, A., Cacioppo, M., & Baiocco, R.
- Affiliations
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- CIPA Meridionale
- University of Florence (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Craparo, Giuseppe
- ORCID
- Venue
- Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-07
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 304-307
- ISSN
- 0253-7176 (ISSN-L)
- 0975-1564
- PMC
- PMC4100419
- OpenAlex
- W1989040482
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Locations
- Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
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- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Technology in Education
- Keywords
- internet addiction, shame, self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, negative emotion regulation, university students, adolescents, predictors of internet addiction
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