Social Media Behaviors and Psychosocial Predictors of Social Media Addiction
Date
2018-02-23Metadata
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Social media addiction is an ongoing problem. Maladaptive social and personal factors associated with addiction can include:
- Preoccupation with social media;
- Withdrawal symptoms;
- Replacing important activities (sleep, eating) with social media use;
- Escape from problems (poor coping);
- Loss of relationships
Prior research has identified several independent factors related to social media addiction:
- Desire for belongingness;
- Lack of conscientiousness;
- High levels of extroversion;
- Low self-esteem;
- Anxiety;
- Depression;
- Stress
This study aims to simultaneously evaluate both the social media behaviors and psychosocial factors related to high levels of social media addiction.