Effects of the Internet Use on Life Satisfaction and Social Efficacy: A Panel Study of Male Students in a Vocational College of Information Technology

Ando Reiko, Sakamoto Akira, Suzuki Kanae, Kobayashi Kumiko, Kashibuchi Megumi, Kimura Fumika

doi:10.2132/personality.13.21

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インターネット使用が人生満足感と社会的効力感に及ぼす影響―情報系専門学校男子学生に対するパネル調査
インターネットシヨウガジンセイマンゾクカントシャカイテキコウリョクカンニオヨボスエイキョウジョウホウケイセンモンガッコウダンシガクセイニタイスルパネルチョウサ

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Previous studies have shown that the Internet can develop new interpersonal relationships. But few studies have examined the quality of these relationships, in terms of whether or not they lead to life satisfaction and social efficacy. To examine the effect of the Internet use on life satisfaction and social efficacy as a function of the number of cyber relationships, we conducted a panel study of 173 male students. Results indicated that the use of both synchronous and asynchronous Internet tools increased the number of cyber relationships. The use of synchronous tools increased life satisfaction if the number of opposite-sex of cyber-friends increased. The use of synchronous tools increased social efficacy as the number of acquaintances and cyber-friends of same sex increased, and the use of asynchronous tools increased social efficacy in proportion to the number of acquaintances. Finally, the use of synchronous tools had direct negative effects on life satisfaction and social efficacy.

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The Japanese Journal of Personality

The Japanese Journal of Personality 13 (1), 21-33, 2004

Japan Society of Personality Psychology

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