TY - GEN T1 - Facebook usage and its association with psychological well-being among Malaysian adolescents A1 - Naeemi, Somayyeh PB - Elsevier (Science Direct) YR - 2014 UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:39330 AB - Previous studies investigated possible effects of Facebook mostly on hedonic well-being but not focusing on individuals fully function of psychological well-being. This study tries to fill the gap by using Ryffs’ scale of psychological well-being. The respondents of this study were 401 adolescents aged between 13-16 years old, internet user, who lived in Selangor, Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that connectivity and organizing events on Facebook had a positive association with psychological well-being and information seeking has negative association with psychological well-being. This study offers two determinant factors on Facebook usage that can predict adolescents’ psychological well-being in Malaysian cultural context. ER -