International Journal of Social Science Studies Vol.1, No. 2; October 2013 ISSN 2324-8033 E-ISSN 2324-8041 Published by Redfame Publishing URL: http://ijsss.redfame.com 133 Social Networking Sites Use and Psychological Attachment Need among Indonesian Young Adults Population Esther Widhi Andangsari, Ihshan Gumilar & Raymond Godwin Department of Psychology, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia Correspondence: Esther Widhi Andangsari, Department of Psychology, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia. E-mail: esther@binus.edu Received: February 10, 2013 Accepted: February 25, 2013 Available online: June 27, 2013 doi:10.11114/ijsss.v1i2.66 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v1i2.66 Abstract The wide-spread use of online social networking sites has sparked many psychological issues and research around the globe. A unique phenomenon has come into existence in which people rely on Facebook to satisfy their attachment need. It is one of the very innately psychological needs that presents throughout a life span. The present study investigated the interaction between attachment style and social networking site use. The result showed that attachment style contributed significantly to the level of social media use. It also pointed out that the attachment style distinguished significantly between active and non-active users. Future research and implications of the study were discussed. Keywords: Attachment, Facebook, Twitter, Young adults, Social media, Indonesian, SNS 1. Introduction Indonesia becomes one of the top five Facebook users in the universe (Grazella, 2013). There are 64 million users of Facebook that come from Indonesia (Grazella, 2013). The country has a wellgrowing market for technological devices. In relation to that, Facebook keeps increasing their service to be more accessible through mobile phone particularly for Indonesian market (Grazella, 2013).In Indonesia, Facebook was used for various purposes from just killing time to giving critics to the government when it raised a fuel price. Mark Zuckerberg’s social media product has raised several issues in the society,e.g.,rape cases that begin from chatting in Facebook, posting inappropriate pictures, insulting others through posting harsh words in their walls, and stalking. There were numerous studies that were conducted to investigate Facebook use, but there was none any study to authors’ knowledge that was carried out to look at the interaction between attachment styles and Facebook usage in Indonesian population. Facebook has revolutionized the way traditonal indonesians interact and build a relationship with others. Indonesians who are well-known for keeping traditional values,e.g. face-to-face interaction as a polite form for a first time communication, began to leave the values with the emergence of technology such as Facebook. Due to that, investigating Facebook and attachment styles in Indonesia is a worthy research that can be a basis to look at how the society changed by adopting technology. Facebook has changed the way people communicate, build a relationship, express emotion, and do self-presentation (Marshall, Bejanyan, Di Castro, & Lee, 2013; Subrahmanyam, Reich, Waechter, & Espinoza, 2008). The current study further looked at the interaction between attachment styles of Indonesian and the way of utilizing Facebook as the most growing technological media in the world. 1.2 Attachment Perspective Bowlby (1982) mentioned that early relationship between infants and their caregivers plays a crucial role in shaping a later development. A quality of attachment that was generated by such interaction between infants and caregivers will shape an internal working model that affects one’s social expectations and behaviours in the future (Bowlby, 1982). There are two types of internal working model: secure and insecure. Secure internal working model (secure attachment style) views that others are dependable and can be trusted during difficult times as well as looks at