College Students’ Social Network Addiction Tendency:Questionnaire Construction And Correlation Research

With the rapid development of all kinds of Internet applications,the Internet has become an indispensable part of our work,life and learning,and people are increasingly dependent on the Internet.So Internet addiction has been a serious social problem.Instant messaging has the most users in a variety of Internet applications.More people use social networking applications because of the rapid development of smart phones and 4G technology.Social Networking Sites(SNSs) are virtual communities where users can create individual public profiles,interact with real-life friends,and meet other people based on shared interests.In the circumstances,SNS is very useful but it also has a negative impact on the whole society.Recent evidence suggests that individuals may feel compelled to maintain their online social networks in a way that may,in some circumstances,lead to using SNSs excessively and it can affect their physical and mental health.Addiction to the internet has been treated and studied for well over a decade,The addiction to the social networking deserves paying much more attention.Researchers have suggested that social networking addiction may be particularly problematic to young people. It is claimed that those people addicted to using SNSs experience more loneliness. college students make a greater contribution to SNS users,It is a problem deserving of study. Due to the increasing of social networking sites,people can express their views anonymously,and the network moral problems appear.As an important part of the moral,Moral emotion is the intermediary which change moral cognition into moral behavior and it is the internal driving force of moral will and moral behavior. Moral emotion is important to individual. The internet is a part of the people’s life,network moral emotion deserves attention.It is very important to distinguish the social network addiction tendency from internet addiction. At the same time,this study shows the relationship between socialnetwork addiction tndency and loneliness and the relationship between social network addiction tendency and Internet moral emotio.The present study is to explore the relationship between loneliness and Internet moral emotion and social Internet addiction,and establishs foundation for further research on social network addiction.This research includes two aspects, compiling the college students’ social network addiction tendency questionnaire and correlation analysis. Initial questionnaire is based on reading a large number of literature review and open questionnaire. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis are used to determine the dimensions of the questionnaire.Revising the initial questionnaire and examine the validity and reliability of the formal questionnaire. Correlation analysis is to explore the relationship in College Students’ social network addiction tendency,Internet addiction,loneliness and network moral emotion. The questionnaires include college students’ social network addiction tendency questionnaire, UCLA loneliness scale and college students’ network moral emotion questionnaire. The main results are summarized as follows :1. College students’ social network addiction tendency has three dimensions: mood modification, compulsivity and social adaptability.2. College students’ social network addiction tendency questionnaire has good reliability and validity,and it can be studied in psychology.3. The total score of social network addiction tendency shows significant differences in gender, but no difference in subject,origins or siblings number.Female score significantly higher than male.4. Pearson correlation analysis shows that social network addiction tendency is significantly positive correlated with loneliness.5. Pearson correlation analysis shows that social network addiction tendency is not significantly correlated with the network moral emotion.