Internet Use and Happiness
Abstract
In order to explore the relationship between happiness and Internet use, an Internet Use Scale (IUS) was developed and administered to college students along with the Flourishing Scale [1] and the Satisfaction with Life Scale [2]. A factor analysis of the IUS revealed three components of Internet use (time spent on the Internet; use of the Internet for information gathering; and use of the Internet for affective expression). Time spent on the Internet was negatively related to both happiness measures; information gathering was positively related to Flourishing scores; and affective expression was unrelated to happiness.
Recommended Citation
Hall, R. H. (2016). Internet Use and Happiness. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9751, pp. 37-45. Springer Verlag.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39396-4_4
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, HCIBGO 2016 (2016: Jul. 17-22, Toronto, Canada)
Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
Electronic commerce; Human computer interaction; Information use; Students; College students; Happiness; Information gathering; Internet use; Three component; Time spent; Internet
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-3-319-39395-7
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0302-9743
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2016
