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      Positive outcome expectancy mediates the relationship between social influence and Internet addiction among senior high-school students

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          Background and aims

          Based on the foundations of Bandura’s social cognitive theory and theory of triadic influence (TTI) theoretical framework, this study was designed to examine the mediating role of positive outcome expectancy of Internet use in the relationship between social influence and Internet addiction (IA) in a large representative sample of senior high-school students in Taiwan.

          Methods

          Using a cross-sectional design, 1,922 participants were recruited from senior high schools throughout Taiwan using both stratified and cluster sampling, and a comprehensive survey was administered.

          Results

          Structural equation modeling and bootstrap analyses results showed that IA severity was significantly and positively predicted by social influence, and fully mediated through positive outcome expectancy of Internet use.

          Discussion and conclusions

          The results not only support Bandura’s social cognitive theory and TTI framework, but can also serve as a reference to help educational agencies and mental health organizations design programs and create policies that will help in the prevention of IA among adolescents.

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          Background Behavioral addiction research has been particularly flourishing over the last two decades. However, recent publications have suggested that nearly all daily life activities might lead to a genuine addiction. Methods and aim In this article, we discuss how the use of atheoretical and confirmatory research approaches may result in the identification of an unlimited list of “new” behavioral addictions. Results Both methodological and theoretical shortcomings of these studies were discussed. Conclusions We suggested that studies overpathologizing daily life activities are likely to prompt a dismissive appraisal of behavioral addiction research. Consequently, we proposed several roadmaps for future research in the field, centrally highlighting the need for longer tenable behavioral addiction research that shifts from a mere criteria-based approach toward an approach focusing on the psychological processes involved.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (pmc): jba
                Journal ID (publisher-id): JBA
                Title: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
                Abbreviated Title: J Behav Addict
                Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )
                ISSN (Print): 2062-5871
                ISSN (Electronic): 2063-5303
                Publication date (Electronic, epub): 27 June 2018
                Publication date (Print, ppub): June 2018
                Volume: 7
                Issue: 2
                Pages: 292-300
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei City, Taiwan
                [ 2 ]Department of Counseling and Guidance, National University of Tainan , Tainan, Taiwan
                [ 3 ]Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University , Guangzhou, China
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author: Min-Pei Lin; Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan; Phone: +886 2 7734 3770; Fax: +886 2 2341 3865; E-mail: lmmpp@ 123456ntnu.edu.tw
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                DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.56
                PMC ID: 6174586
                PubMed ID: 29950103
                SO-VID: 82ece970-8420-4818-b271-7dcdf99c3cee
                Copyright © © 2018 The Author(s)
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.

                History
                Date received : 01 March 2018
                Date revision received : 16 May 2018
                Date accepted : 25 May 2018
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 53, Pages: 9
                Funding
                Funding sources: This study was supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan (grant no.: MOST 106-2511-S-003-034-MY2 and MOST 102-2511-S-003-016-MY3).
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Evolutionary Biology,Medicine,Psychology,Educational research & Statistics,Social & Behavioral Sciences
                Keywords: positive outcome expectancy of Internet use,social cognitive theory,social influence,theory of triadic influence,Internet addiction
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Evolutionary Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Educational research & Statistics, Social & Behavioral Sciences
                Keywords: positive outcome expectancy of Internet use, social cognitive theory, social influence, theory of triadic influence, Internet addiction

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