The relationship between loneliness, self-control, problematic Internet usage and cyber-violence

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost problematične upotrebe interneta, nasilja putem interneta, samokontrole i usamljenosti, kao i doprinos samokontrole i usamljenosti problematičnoj upotrebi interneta i nasilju putem interneta. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 283 sudionika, učenika gimnazije Matija Antun Reljković u Vinkovcima. Sudionici su ispunjavali Generaliziranu skalu problematične upotrebe interneta 2 (Caplan, 2010), Upitnik o nasilju putem interneta (Šincek, Tomašić Humer i Duvnjak, 2015; Šincek, Duvnjak i Milić, 2017), Kratku skalu samokontrole (Tangney, Baumeister i Boone, 2004) te Kratku formu UCLA skale usamljenosti (Lacković-Grgin, Penezić i Nekić, 2002). Rezultati su pokazali da postoji značajna pozitivna povezanost usamljenosti sa problematičnom upotrebom interneta i doživljavanjem nasilja te značajna negativna povezanost samokontrole s problematičnom upotrebom interneta te činjenjem i doživljavanjem nasilja putem interneta. Također, usamljenost se pokazala značajnim pozitivnim prediktorom problematične upotrebe interneta te doživljavanja nasilja, dok se samokontrola pokazala značajnim negativnim prediktorom problematične upotrebe interneta te doživljavanja i činjenja nasilja putem interneta.The aim of the present study was to examine the relation between problematic Internet use, cyber-violence, self-control and loneliness, and to determine the role of self-control and loneliness in problematic Internet use and cyber violence. The research engaged 283 participants, students of Matija Antun Reljković, High School in Vinkovci. The participants completed Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 (Caplan, 2010), The Committing and Experiencing Cyber Violence Scale (Šincek, Tomašić Humer, and Duvnjak, 2015; Šincek, Duvnjak, and Milić, 2017), The Brief Self-Control Scale (Tangney, Baumeister, and Boone, 2004) and The short form UCLA Loneliness Scale (Lacković-Grgin, Penezić, and Nekić, 2002). The results indicate a significant positive correlation between loneliness and problematic Internet use, as well as with experiencing cyber-violence, and a significant negative correlation between self-control, problematic Internet use as well as with committing and experiencing cyber violence. Moreover, loneliness proved to be a significant positive predictor of problematic Internet use and experiencing cyber violence, while self-control proved to be a significant negative predictor of problematic Internet use, committing and experiencing cyber violence