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Predictors of social networking service addiction

Scientific Reports, 2023
The 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 ...
Hyeon Jo, Eun-Mi Baek
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Social Networking Addiction: Emerging Themes and Issues [PDF]

Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 2013
Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are virtual communities where users can create individual public profiles, interact with real-life friends, and meet other people based on shared interests [1].
M. Griffiths
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Social networking sites and addiction: ten lessons learned [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
Online social networking sites (SNSs) have gained increasing popularity in the last decade, with individuals engaging in SNSs to connect with others who share similar interests. The perceived need to be online may result in compulsive use of SNSs, which
Al-Menayes, Alabi, Boyd, Boyd, Boyd, Cam, Daria Kuss, Donnelly, Echeburua, Echeburúa, Gil, Griffiths, Griffiths, Griffiths, Griffiths, Kuss, Kuss, Kuss, Latif, Lopez-Fernandez, Lévy, Mark Griffiths, Milgram, Osuagwu, Riva, Taylor, Teo, Turkle, Turkle, Turkle, Young   +30 more
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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Internet Addiction Test-Social Networking Sites Version: Dimensionality Assessment of Social Networking Site Addiction [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2021
Background: 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 ...
Yasaman Hashemi, Fariba Zarani, Mahmood Heidari, Khatereh Borhani, Shima Shakiba   +4 more
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Peer Phubbing and Social Networking Site Addiction: The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Family Financial Difficulty

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
A growing body of research has pinpointed the consequences as well as mechanisms of phubbing. However, few studies have explored the relationship between peer phubbing and social networking site addiction.
Xiaoyuan Chu, Xiaoyuan Chu, Xiaoyuan Chu, Shutian Ji, Xingchao Wang, Jingyue Yu, Yuxin Chen, Yuxin Chen, Li Lei   +8 more
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Toward healthy behavior: fear of missing out, smartphone, social networking addiction, and life satisfaction among medical students at Tanta University, Egypt [PDF]

Discover Mental Health
Background The global shift in culture towards “digitalization,” particularly among youth, has made individuals increasingly vulnerable to the behavioral effects of social networking sites and smartphones.
Eman Ali Younis, Asmaa Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad, Aya Farag Attia Elsebaey   +2 more
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The effect of grandparental care on social networking sites addiction in college: mediated by social anxiety and loneliness

BMC Psychology
Objective Grandparental care has become a common phenomenon, yet there is still limited research on the long-term psychological effects on children raised by their grandparents.
Shaobo Zeng, Yujie Li, Chuanlei Zheng, Xiaoning Ren, Yongchao Lu, Chunmei Wu   +5 more
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Smartphone use and smartphone addiction in middle school students in Korea: Prevalence, social networking service, and game use

Health Psychology Open, 2018
This study aimed to examine smartphone use patterns, smartphone addiction characteristics, and the predictive factors of the smartphone addiction in middle school students in South Korea. According to the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale scores, 563 (
Seong-Soo Cha, Bo-Kyung Seo
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Purposes of internet use among Iranian university students: exploring its relationship with social networking site (SNS) addiction

BMC Psychology, 2022
Background Higher education students are heavy users of the internet for a wide variety of reasons, including Social Networking Sites (SNSs). This study investigated various purposes of internet use among undergraduate university students, and how ...
Yasaman Hashemi, Fariba Zarani, Mahmood Heidari, Khatereh Borhani   +3 more
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Psychological and motivational factors associated with addiction tendencies to gaming, video viewing, and social networking services use among high school students: A cross‐sectional study [PDF]

PCN Reports
Aim Smartphones are now inseparable from adolescents' daily lives, and concerns about their excessive use leading to behavioral addiction are growing.
Tokuya Inaguma, Tomoyuki Funatogawa, Ryo Sekizaki, Yoichi Nakamura, Masafumi Mizuno, Takahiro Nemoto   +5 more
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