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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE January 2019 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 20 Number: 1 Article 3

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICT USE, MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AND WELL-BEING OF

THE HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENT: A CASE STUDY

Dr. Donald VAN DER MERWE ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0710-3366 School of Computing, University of South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Received Date: 19/03/2018 Accepted Date: 17/05/2018

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

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RELATED STUDIES

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METHODOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AND WELL-BEING SCALES, AND HYPOTHESES Study Population Context

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ICT Exposure Variables

Perceived Mental Health Symptoms

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Social, Psychological and Emotional Well-Being Scales

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Data Collection

RESULTS Socio-demographic Information

Reliability

ICT Exposure Variables

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Relationship between ICT Use Scores and Mental Health Outcome Variables

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Relationships between ICT Use Scores and Emotional Well-Being, Psychological Well-Being, and Social Well-Being

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

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BIODATA and CONTACT ADDRESSES of AUTHOR

REFERENCES

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