Ispitivanje odnosa korištenja društvenih mreža, problematičnog korištenja interneta, tipova usamljenosti, sklonosti uspoređivanja s drugima i straha od propuštanja kod studenata

master's thesis

• Title (english): Relations between social media use, problematic Internet use, types of loneliness, the tendency to compare with others and zhe fear of missing out among students
• Author: Nikolina Hajdinjak
• Mentor: Dario Vučenović (mentor)
• Mentor: Lea Andreis (sumentor)
• Committee member: Jelena Maričić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Katarina Jelić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dario Vučenović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-17, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Korištenje internetom i društvenim mrežama u današnje je vrijeme svakodnevnica i potreba
mnogima, a u količini provedenog vremena na raznim internetskim platformama najviše se
ističu mladi. Određena ponašanja te načini doživljavanja sebe i drugih mogu utjecati na to da
pojedinci pokazuju veću potrebu za provođenjem vremena u online svijetu, što može rezultirati
problematičnim korištenjem interneta i društvenih mreža.
Osnovni cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos učestalosti korištenja društvenih mreža,
generaliziranog problematičnog korištenja interneta, tipova usamljenosti, sklonosti
uspoređivanja s drugima i straha od propuštanja na populaciji studenata. U istraživanju je
sudjelovalo 205 studenata dobi 18 - 22 g. te je ono provedeno putem online upitnika koji je
sadržavao sljedeće skale: Skala generaliziranog problematičnog korištenja interneta 2, Skala
uspoređivanja s drugima, Skala straha od propuštanja, Skala socijalne i emocionalne
usamljenosti. Studenti su u najvećoj mjeri iskazivali kako društvene mreže koriste 2 – 3 sata
dnevno, najčešće kako bi komunicirali s bliskim osobama, iz dosade te radi traženja određenih
informacija. Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju na postojanje statistički značajne pozitivne povezanosti
učestalosti društvenih mreža s problematičnim korištenjem interneta te straha od propuštanja,
kao i problematičnog korištenja interneta sa sklonosti uspoređivanja s drugima, strahom od
propuštanja te emocionalnom i socijalnom usamljenosti.
Hijerarhijskom regresijom utvrđeno je kako su problematično korištenje interneta i strah od
propuštanja statistički značajni pozitivni prediktori učestalosti korištenja društvenih mreža.
Također, utvrđeno je i da su učestalost korištenja društvenih mreža, sklonost uspoređivanja s
drugima, strah od propuštanja te usamljenost u ljubavi kao sastavnica emocionalne usamljenosti
pozitivni i statistički značajni prediktori problematičnog korištenja interneta.

Abstract (english)

Relations between the use of social media, problematic use of the Internet, types of loneliness,
the tendency to compare with others and the fear of missing out among students
The use of the Internet and social media is nowadays a need and using them daily is a habit for
many, and young people stand out the most in the amount of time spent on various Internet
platforms. Certain behaviors and ways of perceiving oneself and others can cause individuals
to show a greater need to spend time in the online world, which can result in problematic use
of the Internet and social networks.
The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between social media use,
generalized problematic Internet use, types of loneliness, tendency to compare with others, and
fear of missing out on the student population. The study involved 205 Croatian students aged
18-22 and was conducted through an online questionnaire containing the following scales: The
Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2, adapted version of Iowa-Netherlands
Comparison Orientation Measure, Fear of missing out scale, Social and Emotional Loneliness
Scale. Students mostly stated that they use social networks 2-3 hours a day, most often to
communicate with close people, out of boredom and to search for certain information. The
obtained results indicate the existence of a statistically significant positive correlation between
the social media usage with problematic Internet use and fear of missing out, as well as
problematic Internet use with a tendency to compare with others, fear of missing out and
emotional and social loneliness.
Hierarchical regression found that problematic Internet use and fear of missing out were
statistically significant positive predictors of the social media usage. Also, it was found that the
social media usage, the tendency to compare with others, fear of missing out and romantic
loneliness as component of emotional loneliness are positive and statistically significant
predictors of problematic Internet use.

• Keywords: društvene mreže; problematično korištenje interneta; sklonost uspoređivanja s drugima; strah od propuštanja; socijalna usamljenost; emocionalna usamljenost
• Keywords (english): social media; problematic Internet use; comparing with others; fear of missing out; social loneliness; emotional loneliness
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:250535
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-10-11 07:43:23