Factors Affecting Users' Intention to Use Social Networking Sites: A Mediating Role of Social Networking Satisfaction

Pathological Use of Social Networking Sites in Mothers (A Quantitative and Qualitative Study) 

The present article seeks to investigate how pathological use of social networking sites (SNS) in mothers is related to their marital satisfaction,  mother-child relationship, and children’s behavioral problems. This study had a mixed methods research design with quantitative and qualitative components. In the quantitative part with correlational design, 323 mothers who had preschool children w...

How Quality of Life Affects Intention to Use Social Networking Sites: Moderating Role of Self-disclosure

This research investigates how loneliness and life dissatisfaction affect consumers’ acceptance of social networking services and the moderating role of perceived self-disclosure to intervene so that users seek social support online. Drawing from theoretical foundations of quality of life theory, social exchange theory and the technology acceptance model (TAM), the research model utilizes the c...

Why People Use Social Networking Sites

One of the recent popular social media platforms is the social networking site (SNS). Thus far, few previous studies have empirically investigated people’s motivations for SNS usage, especially not outside the U.S. This study combines a large-scale quantitative and qualitative research design, by asking 1,200 SNS users an open question regarding their reasons for using SNSs. An important conclu...

The Relationship between Narcissism and Problematic Social Networking Sites (SNS) Use: Mediating Role of Attachment Instability

Social Networking Sites (SNS) are used by more and more people and have many positive aspects of human life, but they are also causing addiction enough to interfere with everyday life. Especially in Korea, more and more children and adolescents are indulged in SNS, and adults also have many side effects of SNS such as neglect of work, relationship problems, and attention seeking behavior. The p...

A Functional Approach to Social Networking Sites