scholarly journals Technology Addiction among UiTM Puncak Alam and UNNES Semarang Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Zaimy Johana Johan ◽  
Nor Intan Adha Hafit ◽  
Tusyanah Tusyanah
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Technology Addiction ◽  
Control Order ◽  
Distressing Condition

Abstract: Technology addiction has become an alarming disorder that has increasingly caught the attention of researchers, mental health counsellors and doctors. Unfortunately, those who are having the disorder do not realize that they are going through the phase of pleasurable, addictive experience of appealing themselves by long hours of social networking, gaming, and internet browsing; and affecting their psychological well-being. The symptoms of depression, anxiety, loneliness, avoidance of work and procrastination may be overlooked and hence be left untreated. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors contributing to technology addiction among UiTM Puncak Alam and UNNES, Semarang students applying SPSS v. 23. Data were collected from 656 undergraduate students of the two universities who participated in the survey: 317 and 339 questionnaires were collected from UiTM Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia and UNNES, Semarang, Indonesia students respectively. The results show technology usage influenced technology addiction but psychological well-being did not affect technology addiction. Additionally, UiTM Puncak Alam students are more technology addicted compared to UNNES Semarang students. This distressing condition could become worse during the current Covid-19 pandemic period and prolonged movement control order (MCO) for students, regardless whether they stay at home or on campus. Implications of the findings are further discussed.   Keywords: Covid-19,Psychological Well-being,Technology Addiction, Technology Usage, University Students

scholarly journals Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in Brazilian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Predictors and association with life satisfaction, psychological well-being and coping strategies

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258493
Author(s):  
Adriana Rezende Lopes ◽  
Oscar Kenji Nihei
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
And Coping

Background The COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns about the mental health of the world population. Protection measures to prevention the disease impacted education and undergraduate students were exposed to additional stressors. Objectives Analyze depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in undergraduates, their respective predictors and the association with satisfaction with life, psychological well-being and coping strategies. Methods An online cross-sectional study was conducted from September 14 to October 19, 2020, involving undergraduate students enrolled in 33 courses from 5 public university campuses in the state of Parana, Brazil, using: questionnaire with sociodemographic, academic, health and pandemic effects variables; Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21); Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS); Psychological Well-Being (PWB); BriefCOPE. The convenience sample was composed of 1,224 participants, with 18 years old or older, that completed all research instruments. Spearman correlation and logistic analysis (univariate and multivariate) were applied to the collected data. Results Most of the undergraduates presented symptoms of depression (60.5%), anxiety (52.5%) and stress (57.5%). Depression, anxiety and stress presented significant correlations in common: negative with satisfaction with life, all dimensions of psychological well-being, and 3 adaptive copings (active coping, planning, positive reframing); positive with 5 maladaptive copings (behavioral disengagement, denial, self-blame, self-distraction, substance use). In addition, there were 7 common predictors for symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress: female; age 18–24 years old; having a chronic disease; lower scores in 2 dimensions of psychological well-being (positive relations with others, self-acceptance); higher scores in 2 maladaptive copings (self-blame, substance use). Conclusions The data indicate a high prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and suggest that higher scores of satisfaction with life, psychological well-being dimensions and adaptive copings may present protective effects in undergraduates during a pandemic crisis.

Active aging, psychological well-being and quality of life of elderly and pre-elderly Malaysians during movement control periods

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Pei Boon Ooi ◽  
Derek Lai Teik Ong ◽  
Suat Cheng Peh ◽  
Siti Fairuz Ismail ◽  
Sally Anne Malar S Paramanathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Psychological Well Being

Internet Use and Psychological Well-Being

2012 ◽  
pp. 302-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiungjung Huang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Site Use ◽  
Meta Analyses

The direction of the correlation between Internet use and psychological well-being is debatable. The displacement hypothesis indicates the correlation is negative, as Internet use for communication replaces face-to face-interaction. Conversely, the augmentation hypothesis suggests that the correlation is positive because Internet use for communication complements existing social interaction. While previous empirical findings about the relationship between Internet use and psychological well-being have been diverse, two previous meta-analyses and the present meta-analysis about the use of social networking sites and psychological well-being supported neither position, and found no relationship between Internet use and psychological well-being. Investigation of causal predominance between Internet use and psychological well-being, increased attention to measurement problems of social networking site use and older adults, and consideration of effects of indicators and moderators should be addressed in future research.

Pro-Bono Virtual Legal Clinics for Enhancement of Social Impact by Communities Affected by COVID-19

2022 ◽  
pp. 280-308
Author(s):  
Chin Chin Sia
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Legal Advice ◽  
Legal Opinions ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Control Order ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Networking Tools

The right to legal advice is an essential entitlement and an imperative step toward effective enjoyment of other fundamental rights, especially to the communities which have limited access to legal opinions due to scarce financial means. Global communities are adversely affected, particularly in relation to employment, domestic violence, and financial hardships during this pandemic. This pro-bono virtual legal clinics project is instrumental in enhancing social impact by ensuring that communities continuously have better access to quality legal advice and information during the COVID-19 Movement Control Order through multiple social networking tools and meaningful collaborations with NGOs.

scholarly journals Hardiness, Perseverative Cognition, Anxiety, and Health-Related Outcomes: A Case for and Against Psychological Hardiness

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (6) ◽  
pp. 2096-2118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Marcin Kowalski ◽  
Julie Aitken Schermer
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personality Style ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Psychological Hardiness ◽  
Perseverative Cognition ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Coping

The present study investigates the utility of psychological hardiness as well as the differences between rumination and worry. Undergraduate students completed questionnaires assessing hardiness, worry, rumination, mindfulness, neuroticism, anxiety, somatization, coping, and health. Correlations and partial correlations controlling for neuroticism were examined. Hardiness was negatively correlated with neuroticism, rumination, worry, and anxiety and positively correlated with mindfulness, coping, and health. When neuroticism was statistically controlled, the relationships between hardiness and rumination, health, and coping became nonsignificant, and the relationships between hardiness and worry, mindfulness, and anxiety, although attenuated, remained significant. Rumination and worry were positively correlated, but when neuroticism was statistically controlled, this relationship became nonsignificant. The results suggest that hardiness is better conceptualized as a personality style that contributes to psychological well-being. Furthermore, our findings suggest that rumination and worry are distinct cognitive processes.

Reasons Young Adults Visit (and Do Not Visit) Impaired Grandparents

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Boon ◽  
Megan J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
External Constraints ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThis study explored the value undergraduate students (N = 138) attach to relationships with impaired grandparents by examining some of the reasons they visit (and do not visit) grandparents who live with conditions limiting their cognitive, physical, or psychological well-being. As part of a larger study, participants completed two checklists to indicate their reasons for visiting and not visiting their affected grandparents. Reward-based reasons were endorsed more frequently as motives for visiting than were reasons based on external constraints, family difficulties, guilt, or wanting to take advantage of the time left with their grandparents. Barriers that restricted opportunities to visit were endorsed more frequently as explanations for participants' failure to visit than were problems in the relationship itself, guilt, or severity of impairment.

scholarly journals Psychological well-being in college students: Psychometric properties of the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
Gökmen Arslan
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Study Results

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the psychometric properties of two integrative inventories of psychological well-being– the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT)– that could be widely used among Turkish young adults. This study also aimed to examine whether students with severe psychological health symptoms reported higher levels of loneliness, lack of control, and negative feelings, and fewer positive domains of the CIT (e.g., support, belonging, positive feelings, and self-efficacy).  The participants of this study included 314 Turkish undergraduate students (76% female with an age range of 18–47 years [M = 22.83, SD = 4.09]) from a state university in Turkey. Confirmatory factor analyses showed good psychometric fit statistics of both the CIT and BIT, confirming the latent structure of inventories. Factor loadings of the CIT items were strong, with robust indicator reliabilities. With regard to the concurrent validity of the measures, the study results showed that the domains and the brief version of the measure had significant correlations with psychological health symptoms. Additionally, individuals with severe mental health symptoms reported fewer positive psychological domains of psychological well-being, whereas having higher negative domains of psychological well-being than those with mild symptoms. Specifically, Cohen's d effect sizes were large for some social resources and subjective well-being domains. Overall, these results provide evidence suggesting that both the CIT and BIT could be used to assess psychological well-being among Turkish young adults.

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