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Problematic social media use: results from a large-scale nationally representative adolescent sample [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Despite social media use being one of the most popular activities among adolescents, prevalence estimates among teenage samples of social media (problematic) use are lacking in the field.
A Ehrenberg   +74 more
core   +2 more sources

A Four-Item Questionnaire to Measure Problematic Social Media Use: The Social Media Disorder Test

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2023
While the use of video games and social media is an enjoyable recreational activity for most users, a minority develop problematic patterns of use. In the ICD-11, for the first time, there is a category of “disorders due to addictive behaviors” (including gaming disorder).
Lutz Wartberg   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia

open access: yesHead & Face Medicine, 2021
Background Psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia and problematic social media use are able to alter our memories and might have an impact on memory function and retrieval.
Maya Dagher   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The dark side of internet: preliminary evidence for the associations of dark personality traits with specific online activities and problematic internet use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background and aims: Research has shown that personality traits play an important role in problematic internet use (PIU). However, the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, and spitefulness)
Griffiths, MD, Kircaburun, K
core   +2 more sources

Social comparisons: A potential mechanism linking problematic social media use with depression

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Addictions, 2022
Abstract Background and aims The majority of Australians are regular users of social media, especially young adults. Of concern, is that a minority of people appear to use social media in an addictive or problematic way which is associated with negative psychological outcomes such as depression.
Adele Samra   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Utility of Parental Mediation Model on Youth’s Problematic Online Gaming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Parental Mediation Model PMM) was initially designed to regulate children’s attitudes towards the traditional media. In the present era, because of prevalent online media there is a need for similar regulative measures.
A Daud   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Childhood emotional trauma and cyberbullying perpetration among emerging adults: a multiple mediation model of the role of problematic social media use and psychopathology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Research suggests that a small minority of social media users experience problems as a result of their online use. The purpose of the present study was to examine the association of cyberbullying perpetration and problematic social media use with ...
A Błachnio   +115 more
core   +1 more source

Problematic mobile phone use and smartphone addiction across generations: the roles of psychopathological symptoms and smartphone use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Contemporary technological advances have led to a significant increase in using mobile technologies. Recent research has pointed to potential problems as a consequence of mobile overuse, including addiction, financial problems, dangerous use (i.e. whilst
A Bedford   +36 more
core   +3 more sources

Media(ted) fabrications: How the science-media symbiosis helped ‘sell’ cord banking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper considers the problematic role of the science–media symbiosis in the dissemination of misleading and emotionally manipulative information regarding services offered by CordBank, New Zealand's only umbilical cord blood banking facility. As this
American College of Physicians   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

‘20 tins of Stella for a fiver’: The making of class through Labour and Coalition government alcohol policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Alcohol use in the UK has been a key concern to both the Labour and Coalition governments, and commands considerable attention in the media and academic discussions.
Ayto J   +32 more
core   +1 more source

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