The influence of parental and peer attachment on Internet usage motives and addiction
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The impact of parental and peer attachment on four Internet usage motives and Internet addiction was compared using path modelling of survey data from 1,577 adolescent Malaysian school students. The model accounted for 31 percent of Internet addiction score variance. Lesser parental attachment was associated with greater Internet addiction risk. Psychological escape motives were more strongly related to Internet addiction than other motives, and had the largest mediating effect upon the parental attachment–addiction relationship. Peer attachment was unrelated to addiction risk, its main influence on Internet usage motives being encouragement of use for social interaction. It is concluded that dysfunctional parental attachment has a greater influence than peer attachment upon the likelihood of adolescents becoming addicted to Internet–related activities. It is also concluded that the need to relieve dysphoria resulting from poor adolescent–parent relationships may be a major reason for Internet addiction, and that parents’ fostering of strong bonds with their children should reduce addiction risk.
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Escapism appears to contribute to addictive behavior online.
“Escapism appears to contribute to addictive behavior online (Soh et al. 2014).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Soh et al. 2014
A stronger parental attachment is related to less motivation to use the internet to escape from everyday problems.
“findings indicate that a stronger parental attachment is related to less motivation to use the internet to escape from everyday problems (Soh et al. 2014).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Soh et al. 2014
Attachment to parents fulfills children's intimacy needs, giving them what they are looking for, and not forcing them to seek escapism.
“Attachment to parents fulfills children's intimacy needs, giving them what they are looking for, and not forcing them to seek escapism (Mazaheri Nejadfard and Hosseinsabet 2017;Soh et al. 2014).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Soh et al. 2014
A gratification model provides a useful framework in which to understand the effects of parental attachment on internet and social media addiction.
“Thus, the findings presented here suggest that a gratification model provides a useful framework in which to understand the effects of parental attachment on internet and social media addiction (Soh et al. 2014).”
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- Authors
- Soh, P. C.-H., Charlton, J. P., & Chew, K.-W.
- Affiliations
- Multimedia University (MY)
- University of Greater Manchester (GB)
- Venue
- First Monday
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Libraries
- Published
- 2014-07-08
- ISSN
- 1396-0458 (ISSN-L)
- 1396-0466
- OpenAlex
- W2117988010
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- First Monday (publishedVersion)
- First Monday (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- internet addiction, parental attachment, peer attachment, adolescents, parent-child relationship, social interaction motives, dysphoria, Malaysian adolescents
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