Extending The Social Cognitive Model- Examining The External and Personal Antecedents of Social Network Sites Use Among Singaporean Adolescents

Abstract

This research draws upon the extended social cognitive model to examine how external factors such as adolescents’ relationship with their parents, and personal antecedents including depression, loneliness, self-reactive outcome expectation, self-identity, deficient self-regulation, and habit strength, relate to Singaporean adolescents’ time spent on social network sites (SNSs)...