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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.2.676

Excessive YouTube Usage of Middle School Boys and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Moderating Effects of Social Support  

Jung, Jihye (Graduate School of Education, Sogang University)
Kim, Geunyoung (Department of Psychology, Sogang University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.2, 2021 , pp. 676-684 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined how much Korean male middle school students used YouTube to determine if the social support from parents, teachers, and friends might moderate the relationships between YouTube overuse and internalizing and externalizing problems. Three hundred and twenty male middle school students completed questionnaires asking about their YouTube use, levels of YouTube addiction, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and the degree of social support from parents, teachers, and friends. The results indicated that the YouTube addiction was positively related to the levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. Parental support moderated the relationships between YouTube addiction and internalizing problems. On the other hand, the moderating effects of teachers' or friends' supports were not significant. In contrast, teachers' support was the most crucial moderating factor regarding externalizing problems, while parental and friends' supports were only related to delinquency but not to aggression. These results suggest that the role of parental or teacher supports should be unique depending on the types of problem behaviors. Furthermore, the 'protective effects' of social support were not found in the highly addicted group, suggesting that the early prevention of YouTube overuse is a crucial intervention.
Keywords
YouTube addiction; Middle school students; Internalizing and externalizing problem; Social support.; Adolescent;
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