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Does Happiness in the Cyberspace Promote That in the Real-World?: Testing on Reciprocal Relationships Using Cross-Lagged Structural Equation Modeling

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  • Sen-Chi Yu

    (Department of Counseling and Applied Psychology, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan)

  • Chien Chou

    (Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Abstract

To examine reciprocal relationships between “virtual world”-context cyberspace positive-psychological states (CPSs) and “real world”-context positive-psychological states (PSs), this study conducted a two-wave panel design with about two-semester interval on 251 Taiwan college freshmen and analyzed the data using cross-lagged structural equation modeling. The analytical results show that CPSs have causal priority over PSs, but not vise versa. Therefore, the cyberspace PSs of the former stage influenced the real-world PSs during the latter stage. These results indicate that college students tended to incorporate their cyberspace positive-psychological states into their “real world.” The authors have concluded that cyberspace positive-psychological states do not substitute for and, indeed, contribute to real-world states.

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  • Sen-Chi Yu & Chien Chou, 2015. "Does Happiness in the Cyberspace Promote That in the Real-World?: Testing on Reciprocal Relationships Using Cross-Lagged Structural Equation Modeling," International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), IGI Global, vol. 11(2), pages 33-44, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jthi00:v:11:y:2015:i:2:p:33-44
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