Cyberloafing behaviors among university students and its relation to Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation, cyberloafing attitudes, and time spent on the Internet
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Date
2022
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Springer
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between values, cyberloafing attitudes, and cyberloafing behaviors. Following from the relevant literature, it was hypothesized that Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation would be associated with cyberloafing behaviors through the mediation of cyberloafing attitudes and time spent on the Internet. Self-report measures were used to collect data from a sample of 427 university students. The modified model revealed a good fit and all indirect paths were significant. Separate model tests indicated that cyberloafing attitudes acted as the mediator for females, whereas for males, time spent on the Internet did so in the relationship between Hedonistic-Stimulation value orientation and cyberloafing behaviors. Thus, the findings suggested that the attitude-behavior link might be mediated by variables other than attitudes. The present research also highlighted that the Hedonism and Stimulation values might have disruptive whereas Conformity values might have supportive functions in the ongoing educational process.
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DEMİRUTKU, KÜRŞAD/0000-0003-1946-4203
Keywords
Cyberloafing, Human values, Value orientation, Attitudes, Internet use
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Citation
17
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Q2
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Q2
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Volume
41
Issue
7
Start Page
4271
End Page
4282