Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 106-112.

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Life events, instant messaging, and loneliness of early adolescents

MA Li-yan1, LEI Li2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing;
    2. Institute of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • Online:2008-10-15 Published:2008-10-15

Abstract: The impact of internet use on individuals has been one of the foci of researchers,meanwhile the world of internet is rich and colorful,so the influences of different internet services on internet users should differ from each other. In order to explore the relation among life events,Instant Messaging(IM)and loneliness for early adolescents,322 students from two high schools were surveyed with questionnaires.The results indicated that subjective stress caused by life events could positively predict loneliness significantly;and that the preference for the use of IM could have a significantly negative effect on loneliness;objective stress caused by life events could not significantly predict loneliness, but it could indirectly predict loneliness through IM.According to the results,it is concluded that the influences of internet use on users were not always negative,for IM could alleviate the negative impact of life events on internet users and thus acted as a buffer.

Key words: life events, subjective stress, objective stress, Instant Messaging, loneliness

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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