Elisa Wegmann|Benjamin Stodt|Matthias Brand
Addictive use of social networking sites can be explained by the interaction of Internet use expectancies, Internet literacy, and psychopathological symptoms
University of Duisburg-Essen|University of Duisburg-Essen|University of Duisburg-Essen|Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
people use internet functional way achieve certain goals needs however increasing number people experience negative consequences like loss control distress based excessive use internet specific online applications approaches postulate similarities behavioral addictions well substance dependencies differentiate generalized specific internet addiction pathological use social networking sites siasns prior studies particularly identified use applications personal characteristics psychopathological symptoms significant predictors development maintenance phenomenon far remains unclear psychopathological symptoms like depression social anxiety interact individual expectancies internet use capabilities handling internet summarized internet literacythe current study n 334 investigated interaction components structural equation modelthe results indicate effects depression social anxiety siasns mediated internet use expectancies selfregulationthus internet use expectancies seem crucial siasns line prior modelssns use may reinforced experienced gratification relief negative feelings individual competences handling internet may preventive development siasns