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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The Effect of Social Media Addiction on Romantic Relationship Outcomes: Factors Associated with Social Media Addiction [PDF]
, 2021 Does exposure to glamorous profiles on social media evoke romantic dissatisfaction? Or is social media a refuge for unsatisfied partners? Social networking sites (SNSs) have simplified virtual interactions with strangers cum instant ‘friends’, whose ...
Abbasi, I.
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Cognitive functioning and social networking sites addiction – a review
Psychiatria Polska, 2022 Portale społecznościowe są powszechnie dostępnymi serwisami internetowymi, które są wykorzystywane przez osoby z różnych grup wiekowych. Służą one przede wszystkim do komunikowania się między użytkownikami, jednakże możliwe jest nadmierne korzystanie z nich, które niekiedy przeradza się w uzależnienie. Zjawisko to należy do grupy tak zwanych uzależnień
Andrzej Cudo +4 more
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Addiction & health, 2021 By evaluating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Internet Addiction Test-Social Networking Sites version (IAT-SNS) in a sample of Iranian university students, this study investigated the dimensionality of SNS addiction for the first time.A total of 620 SNS users (414 women) participated in the study.
Hashemi, Yasaman +4 more
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Problematic Social Networking Site use-effects on mental health and the brain
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 The association between excessive use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) and mental health is raising serious concern among health and education professionals.
Aviv M. Weinstein
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From Instagram overuse to instastress and emotional fatigue: the mediation of addiction [PDF]
Spanish Journal of Marketing-ESIC, 2019 Purpose – Today’s society interest in mobile photography drives consumers’ and brands’ growing usage of Instagram. This paper aims to address the consequences of excessive use of Instagram on the negative feeling of losing information when not connected ...
Silvia Sanz-Blas +2 more
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Internet gaming addiction: current perspectives [PDF]
, 2013 Daria J KussPsychology Research and Behavior Management, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UKAbstract: In the 2000s, online games became popular, while studies of Internet gaming addiction emerged, outlining the negative consequences of excessive ...
Kuss, DJ +3 more
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The best of both worlds? Online ties and the alternating use of social network sites in the context of migration [PDF]
, 2014 While an ever-growing body of research is concerned with user behavior on individual social network sites (SNSs)—mostly Facebook—studies addressing an alternating use of two or more SNS are rare.
Alistair G. Sutcliffe +5 more
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The Craving and Excitement of Social Networking Sites Addicts: Based on Cue-Reactivity [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Everyone benefits from social networking as a daily tool, but there are potential addictions. However, little is known about the craving and excitability of social networking sites addiction, and mode of change in psychological craving. The study consisted of two experiments that used a cue-reactivity paradigm to study the cravings and excitement of ...
Yexi Leng +5 more
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Vaccines against Vice: A constructive technology assessment of immunotherapies for addiction [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis examines the development of active immunotherapies or ‘vaccines’ for drug addiction, within the framework of constructive technology assessment.
Hobbs, Abbi
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