Validation of the brief screening of Social Network Addiction Risk
Acta PsychologicaIntroduction: This study aims to develop a valid and reliable tool to evaluate social network behavior in young adults. Methods: To validate the Brief screening for Social Network Addiction Risk (BSNA), data from 776 Italian young adults (64.3 % of women)
Francesca Favieri +3 more
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Internet Addiction, Smartphone Addiction, and Hikikomori Trait in Japanese Young Adult: Social Isolation and Social Network [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Background: As the number of internet users increases, problems related to internet overuse are becoming more and more serious. Adolescents and youth may be particularly attracted to and preoccupied with various online activities.
Masaru Tateno +9 more
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The Role of Critical Thinking in Mitigating Social Network Addiction: A Study of TikTok and Instagram Users. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthFabio RA, Iaconis SM.
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Social Networking Addiction Scale [PDF]
Cogent Psychology, 2020 Social networking is the new norm of the society as many of us remain “online” 24*7. However, excessive use of it would result in social networking addiction. There are some existing tools to measure social networking addiction but all of them suffer from conceptual or/and methodological problems.
M. G. Shahnawaz, Usama Rehman
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Predictors of social networking service addiction
Scientific Reports, 2023 AbstractThe surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on pinpointing the primary determinants of SNS addiction by introducing a theoretical framework centered on flow, perceived enjoyment, and habit. A sample of 282 SNS users from South
Hyeon Jo, Eun-Mi Baek
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 PurposeInternet addiction has become a worldwide mental health problem, and this problem is particularly prominent in China. Although current studies have shown that social support is closely related to Internet addiction, the mechanism of the ...
Xiaoman Lu, Mengnan Zhang, Jingqiu Zhang
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Investigating the mediating role of social support in the relationship between addiction to social network, media literacy and emotional intelligence [PDF]
Cyberspace Studies, 2020 This research aims to provide a theoretical model to explain addiction to social network using media literacy and emotional intelligence as independent variables and social support as the mediator.
Hossein Eskandari +1 more
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Are People Addicted to Social Networks?
Journal of Global Information Management, 2023 The popularity of social networking sites (SNSs) has increased rapidly. SNSs are a key part of daily life for many people around the world. The use of SNSs is already a global phenomenon. Drawing on social capital theory, this research empirically explored how structural capital (social network ties), relational capital (trust in SNSs, trust in members
I-Cheng Chang, Chuang-Chun Liu
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The role of mobile-based social network addiction in predicting emotional divorce and readiness for divorce in married women of Ghaen [PDF]
فصلنامه زن و جامعه, 2022 Introduction: The development of social networks and the widespread use of them by couples have significant effects on the different aspects of their lives.
ahmad movahhed +4 more
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Is it meaningful to distinguish between Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction? Psychometric analysis of Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction scales [PDF]
Current Psychology, 2020 AbstractStudies conducted on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) addiction have to a large extent focused on Facebook as a prototypical example of SNS. Nonetheless, the evolution of SNSs has spawn conceptual and methodological controversies in terms of the operationalization of SNS addiction.
Julia M. Balcerowska +5 more
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