The examination of individuals’ virtual loneliness states in Internet addiction and virtual environments in terms of inter-personal trust levels

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Highlights：

• We aimed to define virtual loneliness concept.

• We tested Internet addiction and visual interpersonal trust levels as a predictor.

• We used descriptive scanning model.

• Virtual loneliness is predicted by loneliness, trust and Internet addiction.

摘要

•We aimed to define virtual loneliness concept.•We tested Internet addiction and visual interpersonal trust levels as a predictor.•We used descriptive scanning model.•Virtual loneliness is predicted by loneliness, trust and Internet addiction.

论文关键词：Internet,Lonelinnes,Confidence,Internet addiction,Virtual lonelinnes

论文评审过程：Available online 22 April 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.072