Caplan Scott E
Department of Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2007 Apr;10(2):234-42. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9963.
The model of problematic Internet use advanced and tested in the current study proposes that individuals' psychosocial well-being, along with their beliefs about interpersonal communication (both face-to-face and online) are important cognitive predictors of negative outcomes arising from Internet use. The study examined the extent to which social anxiety explains results previously attributed to loneliness as a predictor of preference for online social interaction and problematic Internet use. The results support the hypothesis that the relationship between loneliness and preference for online social interaction is spurious, and that social anxiety is the confounding variable.
本研究提出并验证的网络使用问题模型表明，个体的心理社会幸福感以及他们对人际沟通（包括面对面和在线沟通）的信念，是网络使用产生负面结果的重要认知预测因素。该研究考察了社交焦虑在多大程度上解释了先前归因于孤独感的结果，孤独感是在线社交互动偏好和网络使用问题的预测因素。结果支持了以下假设：孤独感与在线社交互动偏好之间的关系是虚假的，社交焦虑是混杂变量。
