Loneliness and Internet use

By Yair Amichai-Hamburger, E. Ben-Artzi. Computers in Human Behavior, 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Family Relations and the Internet: Exploring a Family Boundaries Approach (2006, background): “Personality characteristics, in particular self-esteem, have been found to explain different uses of the Internet ( Hamburger & Ben Artzi, 2000, 2003 ).”
Current Perspectives on Personality and Internet Use (2010, background): “…for social activities was thought to stem from a need for support to reduce loneliness, and the idea has been further supported by the claim that loneliness mediates the relationship between neuroticism and Internet use rather than being an affect of use (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003).”
Relational consequences of compulsive Internet use: a longitudinal study among newlyweds (2011, unknown): “…depression, poor social skills, social anxiety, emotional instability, and academic and social problems (e.g., marital and family problems) (e.g., Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003; Beard & Wolf, 2001; Caplan, 2002; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2000; Scherer, 1997; Young, 1998; Young &…”
A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage (2012, background): “Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi (2003) found high levels of Neuroticism in females was correlated with social usage of the internet ( r= .32).”
Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use (2012, result): “Research has shown that individuals high neuroticism (particularly women; Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003; Bargh, McKenna, & Fitzsimons, 2002; Butt & Phillips, 2008; Guadagno, Okdie, & Eno, 2008), high in openness (Guadagno et al., 2008), low in extraversion (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi,…”
Loneliness and Social Internet Use: Pathways to Reconnection in a Digital World? (2018, background): “One study that has modeled the variance using structural equation modeling showed that lonely people use the Internet more than their less lonely peers, rather than Internet use contributing to changes in loneliness (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003).”
The effects of personality traits, self-esteem, loneliness, and narcissism on Facebook use among university students (2012, background): “Conversely, individuals predisposed to loneliness have been found to engage in greater internet usage (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003).”
Personality and technology acceptance: the influence of personality factors on the core constructs of the Technology Acceptance Model (2013, background): “…related to feelings of loneliness and Internet use supported the notion that personality (i.e. a disposition towards loneliness) predicts Internet use (Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi 2003), and refuted the claims that use of the Internet causes people to experience loneliness (e.g. Kraut et al .”
Who are you and what do you value? Investigating the role of personality traits and customer-perceived value in online customer engagement (2016, unknown): “A new stream of research anchored in the loneliness theory indicates that individuals high in neuroticism use the internet on a frequent basis in order to avoid loneliness (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003; Butt & Phillips, 2008; Correa et al., 2010; Hughes et al., 2012; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
Excessive internet use: the role of personality, loneliness and social support networks in internet addiction (2007, methodology): “Likewise, Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi (2003) used a small sample of Israeli undergraduates in their study of personality, loneliness and internet use.”
Tales from the Dark Side: Privacy Dark Strategies and Privacy Dark Patterns (2016, background): “As shown in Figure 2, users’ motivation to unsubscribe is challenged by activating their need to belong and the presentation of users’ social capital they would lose once they unsubscribe [7, 26].”
The Digital Self: How Social Media Serves as a Setting that Shapes Youth’s Emotional Experiences (2015, background): “Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi (2003) reported that personality traits influence Internet usage.”
Social functioning in major depressive disorder. (2016, unknown): “Excessive online social interaction might prevent individuals from engaging in in-person social activities and negatively impact the development and maintenance of social relationships (Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi, 2003; Caplan, 2003; Weiser, 2001), thus leading to depressive symptoms.”
Cyberbullying and its correlation to traditional bullying, gender and frequent and risky usage of internet-mediated communication tools (2010, background): “As several researchers have identified, such platforms result in positive consequences such as establishing social ties (Henderson and Gilding, 2004; Mesch and Talmud, 2006), which are perhaps more difficult for some adolescents to have offline (Amichai-Hamburger and Ben-Artzi, 2003).”