Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 43-49,62.

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Relationship among Imaginary Audience,Personal Fable and Internet communication in Early Adolescents

GUO Fei1, LEI Li2   

  1. 1. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    2. Institute of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • Online:2009-10-15 Published:2009-10-15

Abstract: The present study explored the relationships of imaginary audience,personal fable,preference of the Internet social service and pathological Internet use(PIU)by surveying a sample of 372 junior middle school students through questionnaires.Results indicated as follows:(1)both the preference of the Internet social service and the PIU among higher grade students were significantly higher than the lower grade ones;(2)the preference of the Internet social service had a direct effect on PIU;(3)the imaginary audience had a direct effect on PIU;(4)the imaginary audience and the invulnerability of personal fable had indirect effects on PIU through the preference of the Internet social service.

Key words: adolescent, imaginary audience, personal fable, social service of Internet, pathological Internet use

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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