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DrNejraVan Zalk

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Factors
 
 
 
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RCS 1M04ADyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Van:2016:10.5817/CP2016-3-3,
author = {Van, Zalk N},
doi = {10.5817/CP2016-3-3},
journal = {Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace},
title = {Social anxiety moderates the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-3-3},
volume = {10},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Excessive online chatting can lead to unwanted consequences such as compulsive Internetuse 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; Mage= 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.
AU  - Van,Zalk N
DO  - 10.5817/CP2016-3-3
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1802-7962
TI  - Social anxiety moderates the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use
T2  - Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-3-3
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000399972700003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74198
VL  - 10
ER  -
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