The relationships between self-efficacy, internet addiction and shame

Giuseppe Craparo; Roberta Messina; Sergio Severino; Silvia Fasciano; Vincenza Cannella; Alessio Gori; Marco Cacioppo; Roberto Baiocco

doi:10.4103/0253-7176.135386

The relationships between self-efficacy, internet addiction and shame

Indian J Psychol Med. 2014 Jul;36(3):304-7. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.135386.

Authors

Giuseppe Craparo¹, Roberta Messina¹, Sergio Severino¹, Silvia Fasciano¹, Vincenza Cannella², Alessio Gori³, Marco Cacioppo¹, Roberto Baiocco⁴

Affiliations

¹ Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy.
² CIPA Meridionale,, Italy.
³ University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Background: Internet addiction (IAD) is one of the most diffuse mental disorders among adolescents.

Aims: The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationships between shame, self-efficacy and Internet addiction.

Materials and methods: We recruited a total of 670 college students (males = 164, 24.5%; females = 506, 75.5%). The subjects were aged between 18 and 36 years (M = 20.93, SD = 2.52; males: M = 21.43, SD = 2.95; females: M = 20.76, SD = 2.35). We administered the following instruments: Experience of Shame Scale; Perceived Social Self-Efficacy Scale - Adult Version; Perceived Self-Efficacy in Handling Negative Emotions Scales; Internet Addiction Test.

Statistics analysis: We applied multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA), Pearson's correlation indices and linear regression analysis.

Results and conclusion: We found a significant inter-relation between Internet addiction and shame. Shame could be a good predictor of Internet addiction.

Keywords: Internet addiction; self-efficacy; shame.