Understanding computer-mediated communication attributes and life satisfaction from the perspectives of uses and gratifications and self-determination

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.037 0747-5632/ 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. q This study is based on a doctoral thesis submitted by the first author to Universiti Putra Malaysia in December 2014. ⇑ Corresponding author at: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Tel.: +60 03 8946 7085 (office); fax: +60 03 8946 7879. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (C.-S. Ang), [email protected]. my (M. Abu Talib), [email protected] (K.-A. Tan), [email protected] (J.-P. Tan), [email protected] (S.N. Yaacob). Chin-Siang Ang a,⇑, Mansor Abu Talib , Kit-Aun Tan , Jo-Pei Tan , Siti Nor Yaacob d