Longitudinal Study of effects of Techno-internet Addiction Disorder Tendency and EmpathicInternet Usage on Psychological Resilience

Abstract

We hypothesized that college students with techno-internet addiction disorder tendency tend to decrease psychological resilience. Conversely, students who exhibit higher levels of empathetic internet usage frequency tending to encourage each other have a higher psychological resilience. Longitudinal data collected by questionnaire surveys of university students majoring in the information sciences were analyzed by structural equation modeling, and the results appeared to support our hypothesis. In order to improve this psychological resilience in the current information society, it is effective to reduce techno-internet addiction disorder tendency and have the empathetic internet usage tending to encourage each other moderately so that it does not become excessive.