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Disordered social media use and risky drinking in young adults:Differential associations with addiction-linked traits [PDF]

, 2018
Background Excessive or compulsive use of social media has been likened to an addiction, similar to other behavioural addictions such as pathological gambling or Internet addiction.
Lyvers, Michael, Narayanan, Shreas S., Thorberg, Fred A.   +2 more
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Social Network Factors and Addictive Behaviors Among College Students [PDF]

Current Addiction Reports, 2016
To provide an overview of studies within the past five years examining the impact of social network factors on addictive behaviors among college students, to discuss gaps, limitations, and controversies in the field, and to summarize with a discussion of future directions and implications for interventions.A review of 13 studies indicated that greater ...
Dipali Venkataraman, Rinker, Heather, Krieger, Clayton, Neighbors   +2 more
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Prevalence and predictors of video game addiction: a study based on a national representative sample of gamers [PDF]

, 2015
Video gaming has become a popular leisure activity in many parts of the world, and an increasing number of empirical studies examine the small minority that appears to develop problems as a result of excessive gaming.
C Hagquist, Charlotte Thoresen Wittek, CJ Ferguson, CS Andreassen, CS Peters, D Bhugra, D Williams, D Williams, Daniel Hanss, DL King, DL King, DL King, EJ Kim, F Rehbein, GS Brunborg, GS Brunborg, H Choo, H Cole, H Pontes, Helge Molde, HG Wenzel, HR Eriksen, IBM Corp Released, JP Charlton, JS Lemmens, JS Wiggins, K Kroenke, L Elliot, M Algeria, Mark D. Griffiths, MB Donellan, MD Griffiths, MD Griffiths, PT Costa, RA Mentzoni, RL Thorndike, Rune Aune Mentzoni, Ståle Pallesen, Turi Reiten Finserås, Y Takata   +39 more
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Validation of the Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale among Junior Middle School Students in China.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundOnline social networking use has been integrated into adolescents' daily life and the intensity of online social networking use may have important consequences on adolescents' well-being.
Jibin Li, Joseph T F Lau, Phoenix K H Mo, Xuefen Su, Anise M S Wu, Jie Tang, Zuguo Qin   +6 more
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Depression as A Mediator Between Social Anxiety and Social Networking Addiction

, 2019
According to the transactional model of stress and coping, socially anxious individuals may rely on online social networking sites (SNS) to avoid challenges and demands of “real life” social situation, leading to their addictive use of SNS.
C. Tang, Masao Yogo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Craving and Excitement of Social Networking Sites Addicts: Based on Cue-Reactivity

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.
Yexi Leng, Xi He, Baijie Zhu, Ping Li, Chuan Xiao, Weiqi He   +5 more
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Depression among users of social networking sites (SNSs): the role of SNS addiction and increased usage [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Previous literature suggests that increased usage of social networking sites (SNSs) can have a detrimental effect on mental wellbeing [1,2].
Donnelly, E, Kuss, DJ
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Can disordered mobile phone use be considered a behavioral addiction? An update on current evidence and a comprehensive model for future research [PDF]

, 2015
Despite the many positive outcomes, excessive mobile phone use is now often associated with potentially harmful and/or disturbing behaviors (e.g., symptoms of deregulated use, negative impact on various aspects of daily life such as relationship problems,
A Bianchi, A Blaszczynski, A Ehrenberg, A Lepp, AE Goudriaan, AL Dir, ALS King, ALS King, Annemarie Nicol, BS Fjeldsoe, C Augner, CF Yen, CM Kokkinos, D Kim, DJ Stein, F Zheng, G Dong, H Blake, H Khang, J Billieux, J Billieux, J Billieux, J Billieux, J Billieux, J Billieux, J Weafer, J Weinstock, J-Y Mok, JA Roberts, JH Ha, JM Violanti, L Leung, M Chóliz, M Kwon, M Littel, M Salehan, M Toda, MD Griffiths, MD Griffiths, MP White, NM Petry, O Lopez-Fernandez, P Smetaniuk, RC Nickerson, RJ Holst Van, S Butt, S Thomée, SM Groman, T Igarashi, X Carbonell, X Lu, X Lu, Y Barkana, Y-H Lin, Y-K Lee, Z-H Zhou   +55 more
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Prevalence of Internet addiction and risk of developing addiction as exemplified by a group of Polish adolescents from urban and rural areas

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015
Objective The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction and the risk of developing this addiction in Polish adolescents attending junior high schools and high school in Lublin Province, to indicate the differences ...
Beata Pawłowska, Maciej Zygo, Emilia Potembska, Lucyna Kapka-Skrzypczak, Piotr Dreher, Zbigniew Kędzierski   +5 more
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Effect of SNS addiction on prosocial behavior: mediation effect of fear of missing out

Frontiers in Psychology
PurposeThis study examines the relationship between social networking sites addiction and pro-social behavior, considering the increasing importance of social networking sites in daily life.
Manjing Xu, Donglin Liu, Jinzhe Yan
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