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Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key
Facebook is one of the most popular social network sites and communication platforms. However, besides many positive elements related to the use of this network site, in some cases it may lead to addiction. Therefore, the main aim of our study was to identify Facebook addiction predictors, in partic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31773469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-019-09683-8 |
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author | Cudo, Andrzej Torój, Małgorzata Demczuk, Marcin Francuz, Piotr |
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description | Facebook is one of the most popular social network sites and communication platforms. However, besides many positive elements related to the use of this network site, in some cases it may lead to addiction. Therefore, the main aim of our study was to identify Facebook addiction predictors, in particular, to verify whether impulsivity, as a dimension of self-control, is an important predictor of this type of addiction. We also examined whether Facebook addiction predictors such as time spent using Facebook, use of Facebook smartphone apps, state orientation and female gender would be significant in our model of Facebook addiction. The 234 participants in the study were assessed using the Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire, the Brief Self-Control Scale and the Action Control Scale. Impulsivity as a dimension of self-control, action control, amount of time spent on Facebook, Facebook app use and gender were found to be related to Facebook addiction. Specifically, a high level of impulsivity, more time spent using Facebook, female gender and Facebook smartphone app use are predictors of Facebook addiction. However, the relation between state orientation, restraint as a dimension of self-control and Facebook addiction was insignificant. Our results may indicate the role of impulsivity as a dimension of self-control in Facebook addiction. In addition, they may suggest that self-control should be taken into account not only as a one-dimensional but also as a multidimensional construct in Facebook addiction research. Our findings may also contribute to the better preparation of prevention and therapeutic programmes for people at risk of Facebook addiction. |
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spelling | pubmed-70330822020-03-06 Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key Cudo, Andrzej Torój, Małgorzata Demczuk, Marcin Francuz, Piotr Psychiatr Q Original Paper Facebook is one of the most popular social network sites and communication platforms. However, besides many positive elements related to the use of this network site, in some cases it may lead to addiction. Therefore, the main aim of our study was to identify Facebook addiction predictors, in particular, to verify whether impulsivity, as a dimension of self-control, is an important predictor of this type of addiction. We also examined whether Facebook addiction predictors such as time spent using Facebook, use of Facebook smartphone apps, state orientation and female gender would be significant in our model of Facebook addiction. The 234 participants in the study were assessed using the Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire, the Brief Self-Control Scale and the Action Control Scale. Impulsivity as a dimension of self-control, action control, amount of time spent on Facebook, Facebook app use and gender were found to be related to Facebook addiction. Specifically, a high level of impulsivity, more time spent using Facebook, female gender and Facebook smartphone app use are predictors of Facebook addiction. However, the relation between state orientation, restraint as a dimension of self-control and Facebook addiction was insignificant. Our results may indicate the role of impulsivity as a dimension of self-control in Facebook addiction. In addition, they may suggest that self-control should be taken into account not only as a one-dimensional but also as a multidimensional construct in Facebook addiction research. Our findings may also contribute to the better preparation of prevention and therapeutic programmes for people at risk of Facebook addiction. Springer US 2019-11-26 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7033082/ /pubmed/31773469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-019-09683-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Cudo, Andrzej Torój, Małgorzata Demczuk, Marcin Francuz, Piotr Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title | Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title_full | Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title_fullStr | Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title_full_unstemmed | Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title_short | Dysfunction of Self-Control in Facebook Addiction: Impulsivity Is the Key |
title_sort | dysfunction of self-control in facebook addiction: impulsivity is the key |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31773469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-019-09683-8 |
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