Social Media Behaviors and Psychosocial Predictors of Social Media Addiction
Date
2018-02-23
Authors
Howard, Krista
Roming, Sinjin M.P.
Ceballos, Natalie A.
Dailey, Stephanie
Grimes, Tom
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Abstract
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.
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social media, psychosocial predictors, addiction, Communication Studies
Citation
Howard, K., Roming, S., Ceballos, N., Dailey, S., & Grimes, T. (2018, February). Social media behaviors and psychosocial predictors of social media addiction. Poster session presented at the Annual Texas State University Health Scholar Showcase, San Marcos, Texas.