Open AccessInternet Use and Psychological Wellbeing: A Study of International Students in Singapore
Author(s) -
Oindrila Dutta,
Stefanie Chye
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of international students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2166-3750
pISSN - 2162-3104
DOI - 10.32674/jis.v7i3.303
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , the internet , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , depression (economics) , well being , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , psychotherapist , world wide web , paleontology , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , macroeconomics , chromatography , computer science , economics , biology
We investigated the relationship between psychological wellbeing (as indicated by participants’ level of loneliness, perceived academic stress and depression) and generalized problematic internet use. Data was collected from a sample of 103 international students studying in Singapore. Statistical analyses revealed that depression was the most important predictor of problematic internet use, followed by academic stress. Loneliness was found to mediate the relationship between problematic internet use and depression or academic stress. Implications of the findings for international students in the University context have been discussed.