著者

都筑 学 宮崎 伸一 村井 剛 早川 みどり 永井 暁行 飯村 周平

出版者

中央大学保健体育研究所紀要編集委員会

雑誌

中央大学保健体育研究所紀要 (ISSN:09104046)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.36, pp.33-59, 2018-06-30

著者

都筑 学 宮崎 伸一 村井 剛 早川 みどり 飯村 周平

出版者

中央大学保健体育研究所紀要編集委員会

雑誌

中央大学保健体育研究所紀要 (ISSN:09104046)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, pp.7-33, 2019-06-25

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This study aimed to examine how university students use SNS (Social Networking System) and which psychological factors effect on their SNS utilization . The participants were 720 undergraduate students in Chuo university. They were asked to complete web questionnaire which consisted of the following questions; (a) possession of account of LINE, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, (b) utilization time per day for LINE, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, (c) utilization frequency per week for LINE, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, (d) the degree of importance for using LINE, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, (e) Smartphone dependency scale for use with Japanese university students (Matsushima, etc., 2017), (f) Praise seeking and rejection avoidance need scales (Kojima, Ota & Sugawara, 2003), (g) Critical thinking disposition scale (Hirayama & Kusumi, 2004) and (h) Attitude for SNS contribution. The obtained findings showed that all of students used LINE and nearly 80 percent of students simultaneously used LINE, Twitter and Instagram. Utilization frequency and time of four SNS were tended to have positive correlation with each other. SNS utilization frequency and time were positively related with Smartphohe dependency and praise seeking, but negatively related with critical thinking disposition. Three cluster of SNS utilization were extracted by laten profile analysis. Finally, psychological function of using SNS and implication of the obtained results was discussed.