How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?

Begüm Satıcı; M. Fatih Yılmaz

How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?

Abstract

The present study examined whether problematic internet use mediate the links between belongingness and mental well-being. This study recruited 373 (57.4% female and 42.6% male) university students and the data collected via Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, General Belongingness Scale, and Young’s Internet Addiction Test-Short Form. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling and bootstrapping. Results showed that belongingness significantly predicted mental well-being and this relation was mediated by problematic internet use. Consequently, results highlight the significance of identifying the mechanisms that mediate the path between belongingness and university students' mental well-being.

Keywords

Mental well-being,belongingness,problematic internet use

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Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Begüm Satıcı ^* This is me
Türkiye

M. Fatih Yılmaz This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 19, 2020

Submission Date

April 7, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 13, 2020

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Year 2020 Volume: 10 Number: 57

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Satıcı, B., & Yılmaz, M. F. (2020). How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being? Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 10(57), 277-295. https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN

AMA

1.Satıcı B, Yılmaz MF. How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being? Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2020;10(57):277-295. https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN

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Satıcı, Begüm, and M. Fatih Yılmaz. 2020. “How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 10 (57): 277-95. https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN.

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Satıcı B, Yılmaz MF (June 1, 2020) How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being? Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 10 57 277–295.

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[1]B. Satıcı and M. F. Yılmaz, “How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?”, Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 10, no. 57, pp. 277–295, June 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN

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Satıcı, Begüm - Yılmaz, M. Fatih. “How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 10/57 (June 1, 2020): 277-295. https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN.

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1.Satıcı B, Yılmaz MF. How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being? Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2020;10:277–295.

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Satıcı, Begüm, and M. Fatih Yılmaz. “How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being?”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 10, no. 57, June 2020, pp. 277-95, https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN.

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1.Begüm Satıcı, M. Fatih Yılmaz. How Does Problematic Internet Use Mediate The Relation Between Belongingness And Mental Well-Being? Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 1;10(57):277-95. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA37ND67NN