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The determinants examined are the locus of control, materialism, need for touch, social interaction anxiety and technostress. This study is conducted on students who are the largest population using digital technologies in their everyday lives. Five hypotheses were constructed to analyse the determinants of compulsive social apps usage on technostress. A total of 285 valid questionnaires that measured factors of compulsive social apps and technostress were collected through the face-to-face method. The data was analysed using partial least squares (PLS) from students of the private higher education institutions. The mean score of compulsive usage of smartphone (M = 3.92) and that of technostress (M = 3.57) were not above the mid-point 4 in our 5-point scale, suggesting that the participants were not serious compulsive users. The results indicate the need for touch and that technostress is a significant effect of compulsive social apps usage. The findings showed that need for touch has the maximum impact on compulsive social apps usage and technostress.  \nKeywords: compulsive social apps, technostress, locus of control, materialism, need for touch, social interaction anxiety  \nINTRODUCTION  \nSocial media is a technology that facilitates the creation of virtual connections and communities through sharing of digital content such as text, photos or videos. Social media can be accessed through a variety of devices including computers, smartphones and tablets. There are many types of social media platforms. Some focus on fostering relationships by facilitating messaging and digital interactions while others revolve around creating and sharing digital content. Some examples of popular social media are Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Wikipedia, Pinterest and LinkedIn. There are other apps that provide a variety of features. Snapchat allows users to send self-deleting picture messages to friends and families. Foursquare is a location-based app that shows you what is nearby based on user suggestion. As a companion app to Facebook, Facebook Messenger simplifies Facebook’s messaging feature through a standalone app. This app allows you to create chat groups and comes with typical messaging app features. The Pinterest app allows users to pin content searched from anywhere on the internet. There are a lot of apps that can be build nowadays to attract users.  \nA few researchers have examined the connection between personal development, compulsive usage of social apps and overuse of mobile apps as possible signs for further investigation. For example, individuals who are not addicted to mobile smartphone usage may still be distressed about mobile app compulsive use during certain daily activities (Ryding and Kuss, 2020) . Although they were only restricted to 1% of respondents as addicts, Tang et al. (2016) found that in their analysis of Facebook users found that about 20% of college students were described as compulsive Facebook users.  \nCitation: Iskandar, Y. H. P. (2021) . The factors influencing compulsive social apps and its impact on technostress among students. Anatolian Journal of Education, 6(2), 207-220. [https://doi.org/10.29333/aje.2021.6215a](https://doi.org/10.29333/aje.2021.6215a)  \nMoreover, the effects of compulsive social app usage on technostress has not been well examined. Thus, this study will be investigating the effect of psychological traits on technostress and the relationships between psychological traits, compulsive usage and technostress. The relationship between the four aspects covered include the locus of control,","cbCaibPI32WQmRef","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibPI32WQmRef","pdf",270890,14,"English","# Introduction\n## Social media and app use context\n## Rationale and research gap\n# Literature Review and Hypothesis Development\n## Compulsive social apps usage","[{\"question\":\"What does the research examine regarding social apps and students?\",\"answer\":\"It examines factors and the impact of compulsive social app usage on technostress among students in private higher education institutions in Malaysia.\"},{\"question\":\"Which determinants are tested in relation to compulsive social app usage and technostress?\",\"answer\":\"The study considers locus of control, materialism, need for touch, and social interaction anxiety as determinants linked to compulsive usage and technostress.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main findings about technostress?\",\"answer\":\"Need for touch shows the maximum impact on compulsive social app usage and technostress, and technostress is a significant effect of compulsive social apps usage.\"}]","The Factors Influencing Compulsive Social Apps and Its Impact on Technostress among Students | PDF",1792073270,35]