The Moderating Role of Age and Gender in the Relationship between Emotional Effect of family communication patterns and sensation seeking with dependence on virtual space: The mediating role of basic psychological needs

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1 Ph.D Student in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to develop and test a model to account for the effect of family communication patterns and sensation seeking on internet addiction through the mediating role of basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, and communication). This study adopted a multivariate correlational design through path analysis. The participants (n = 290) were selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling from among all the lower secondary school students in Khorramabad. The data were collected using the Addiction to Virtual Social Networks in Adolescents Questionnaire (Sadeghzadeh et al., 2019), the Revised Family Communication Patterns Questionnaire (Ritchie & Fitzpatrick, 1990), the Sensation Seeking Scale (Aluja et al., 2010), and the Basic Psychological Needs Scale (Sorebo et al., 2006). The proposed model was evaluated through path analysis with SPSS and AMOS-23 software. The findings confirmed a positive and significant direct relationship between communication patterns (conversation) and basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, and communication) and also a positive and significant direct relationship between sensation seeking and internet addiction. The data also indicated a negative and significant direct relationship between conformity communication patterns and basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, and communication), a negative and significant direct relationship between sensation seeking and basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, and communication), and a negative and significant direct relationship between competence and internet addiction. In addition, the paths of autonomy and communication on internet addiction were not confirmed. Moreover, in the indirect paths, basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, and communication) played a mediating role between communication patterns (conversation) and internet addiction, between the communication pattern (conformity) and internet addiction, and between sensation seeking and internet addiction. Thus, teaching communication patterns and the way to control emotions to parents, young individuals, and adolescents can contribute to meeting their basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and communication) and reduce their dependence on online social networks.

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Biannual Journal of Applied Counseling
Volume 13, Issue 2
January 2024
Pages 78-97

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  • Revise Date: 26 April 2024
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