Psychological Development and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 90-95,104.

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The Effect of Children’s Basic Need Satisfaction on Their Internet Use and Affect Experienced Online：A Longitudinal Study

LIU Ru-de1, SHEN Cai-xia2, XU Le1, GAO Qin1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Faculty of School Leadership Training and Research, Beijing Institute of Education, Beijing 100120
  • Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

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Abstract: From the perspective of self-determination theory, this study investigated the longitudinal associations between children's basic need satisfaction and their Internet use and affect experienced online. 467 Chinese elementary school students from grades 3~5 participated in two waves of a survey with a 12-month interval. The results indicated that (1) Children's Internet use, positive affect and negative affect decreased significantly during the 12-month interval. (2) Children's basic need satisfaction predicted more positive affect and less negative affect experienced online, while the association between basic need satisfaction and the development of time spent online was not significant. (3) Satisfaction for autonomy, competence, and relatedness all played important roles in the development of children's affect experienced online.

Key words: basic need satisfaction, Internet use, affect experienced online

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1

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