title: Internet identification and future internet use.
abstract: This paper reports a study investigating the relationship between Internet identification and future Internet use. We predict that Internet identification is stable over time and that it is predictive of future use. The participants were 216 undergraduate students (184 females and 32 males) from five universities in the United Kingdom. They completed a questionnaire concerning their use of the Internet and a measure of Internet identification at the start of the academic year and at the end of the academic year. We found that Internet identification measured at the beginning of the academic year was positively related to Internet identification measured at the end of the academic year. Furthermore, there was a positive relationship between Internet identification and future general Internet use and a positive relationship between Internet identification and future educational Internet use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom. R.Joiner@Bath.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joiner
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavin
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brosnan
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duffield
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durndell
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guiller
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maras
authors.forename: Adrian J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012016:Reference Values; D012649:Self Concept; D013997:Time Factors