Abstract:
The purposes of this study were 1. to measure Facebook addiction level of
undergraduate students in universities in the eastern region of Thailand, 2. to explore the
factors affecting Facebook addiction behavior of the undergraduate students, and 3. to
propose a Facebook-usage causal relationship model. The samples derived from simple random
sampling were 400 undergraduate students in universities located in the eastern region of Thailand in
academic year 2017. Data collection instrument was questionnaire. Thedata was analyzed using SPSS
to see the correspondence between the proposed model and the empirical data, and the
confirmatory analysis of the model was conducted using LISREL.
The results were as follows.
1. The overall level of Facebook addiction behavior of the undergraduate students was
in level of common user.
2. In the proposedFacebook Usage Model (FUM), the direct causes of Facebook usage
were ease of Facebook usage, subjective norm, perceived Facebook usage behavior, perceived
benefits of Facebook, attitude toward Facebook usage, and intention to use Facebook and the
indirect causes of Facebook usage were attitude toward Facebook usage, intention to use
Facebook, and Facebook addiction behavior.
The proposed model was correspondent with the empirical data in acceptable level
(χ2
/df= 2.97, GFI= .93, and CFI= .97). The variables in the model could explain the variance of
Facebook usage of the studied students by 52%.