| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 生活應用科學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === The study was to discuss whether the behavior of Facebook user and the interpersonal relations among the adults can be differed by the individual’s background, and furthermore, try to explain the influence of the above two factors on interpersonal relations. It also provided the suggestions based on the research results for reference.
The snowball and purposive sampling were performed to conduct the study, and the questionnaire was also used to survey the adults ranging from 20 to 64 years old. 432 valid samples were collected. The research instrument consisted as followings: individual’s background questionnaire, Facebook user behavior scale, and interpersonal relations scale. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, One Sample t test, Independent Sample t test, Chi Square, One-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s Method, Pearson product-moment correlation and Enter Multiple Regression Analysis. The results were:
1.“Age” showed a significant difference on “Facebook User”. People ranging from 40-64 years old were more “Non Facebook User” than those ranging from 20-39. And 20-49 had more Facebook Users than 40-64.
2.“Age” also has a significant difference on “Frequency on Facebook per day ” and “Time Spent on Facebook per day.” 20-39 year-old Users were more than 40-64 on “Non Active User” and “Daily Active User.” On “Daily Facebook User”, 20-39 showed more numbers on “Within 1 hour” and “Above 12 hours” than 40-64.
3.“Monthly income” showed a significant difference on “Facebook User.” Monthly income “above 34,001” had more “Non Facebook User” than “under 34,000”; monthly income “under 34,000” had more “Facebook User” than “above 34,001”:.
4.“Monthly income” showed a significant difference on “Frequency on Facebook per day”. “Monthly income” “above 34,001” tended to be “Non Active User” more than those “under 34,000”; Those “under 34,000” were more “Active User.”
5.“Monthly income” showed a significant difference on “Time Spent on Facebook per day”. On “Within 1 hour,” the income “above 34,001” were more than “under 34,000”; “Within 9-12 hours ,” Monthly income “under 34,000” surpassed that “above 34,001”.
6.“Socioeconomic Status” has a significant difference on “Facebook User.” “Higher Socioeconomic Status” and “Lower Socioeconomic Status” had more Facebook Users.
7.“Gender” has a great difference on “Friendship.” In Independent- Sample t test, female had better friendship than male.
8.“Age” showed a great difference on “Friendship”. In Scheffe’s Method, people ranging from 20-29 years old had better friendship.
9.“Socioeconomic Status” showed a significant difference on “Friendship”. In Scheffe’s Method, people with higher Socioeconomic Status had better friendship.
10.“Age” has a signifiant diffence on “Frequency on Facebook per day,” In Scheffe’s Method, People from 20-29 years old used more Facebook than those from 40-64.
11.In terms of “Individual’s Background”, “Male”,”Age”, and “Monthly income under 44,000” had 11% variance on “Interpersonal Relations” of the Adults in Taipei.
According to the research results, male facebook users had weaker interpersonal relations than female; Lower monthly income users also had weaker interpersonal relations, especially on friendship. However, Family relations correlated less with income status. People with higher frequency on Facebook per day had better friendship, but weaker family relations.
The study suggests the men show more feelings for more harmonious relations. And people with lower income don’t have to base their activities on money; instead, they can do more volunteer, walking or jogging to gain better friendship.
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