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Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases
INTRODUCTION: Facebook use among Teenagers has become a very common phenomenon. Its use can resuly in Facebook addiction . OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of problematic Facebook use among a sample of school-going adolescents. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study carried o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567920/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2124 |
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author | Faouel, N. Ben Soussia, R. Gharbi, M. Kacem, M. Haj Mohamed, A. Bouali, W. Zarrouk, L. |
author_facet | Faouel, N. Ben Soussia, R. Gharbi, M. Kacem, M. Haj Mohamed, A. Bouali, W. Zarrouk, L. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Facebook use among Teenagers has become a very common phenomenon. Its use can resuly in Facebook addiction . OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of problematic Facebook use among a sample of school-going adolescents. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out among 110 school-going adolescenthe at 2 state colleges in Sidi Bouzid. We used a pre-established self-questionnaire containing 2 parts: a part exploring the socio-demographic data of the adolescent and a psychometric part: Bergen Facebook addiction Scale. RESULTS: Study participants had a mean age of 14.4 years with extremes of 12 to 17 years. The sex ratio (M / F) (46/64) of the participants was 0.71.In our population, 13 students (11.8%) were smokers. Two students (1.8%) consumed alcohol. Cannabis use was noted in only one student.The majority of students (102), or 92.7%, had been online for more than a year.The daily Facebook connection time was more than 4 hours for 20.9%. Boredom was the number one reason for logging into Facebook for 82 students (74.5%) followed by curiosity for 45 students (40.9%). Fifteen students (13.6%) were addicted to Facebook (score> 10 on the Bergen Addiction Scale. CONCLUSIONS: Facebook can be a useful and interesting tool to maintain and develop a network of relationships and create new ones. Its problematic use or addiction to Facebook has become a new scourge of public health. Faced with the negative impact of this addiction, It would be necessary to rationalize this use. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-95679202022-10-17 Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases Faouel, N. Ben Soussia, R. Gharbi, M. Kacem, M. Haj Mohamed, A. Bouali, W. Zarrouk, L. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Facebook use among Teenagers has become a very common phenomenon. Its use can resuly in Facebook addiction . OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of problematic Facebook use among a sample of school-going adolescents. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out among 110 school-going adolescenthe at 2 state colleges in Sidi Bouzid. We used a pre-established self-questionnaire containing 2 parts: a part exploring the socio-demographic data of the adolescent and a psychometric part: Bergen Facebook addiction Scale. RESULTS: Study participants had a mean age of 14.4 years with extremes of 12 to 17 years. The sex ratio (M / F) (46/64) of the participants was 0.71.In our population, 13 students (11.8%) were smokers. Two students (1.8%) consumed alcohol. Cannabis use was noted in only one student.The majority of students (102), or 92.7%, had been online for more than a year.The daily Facebook connection time was more than 4 hours for 20.9%. Boredom was the number one reason for logging into Facebook for 82 students (74.5%) followed by curiosity for 45 students (40.9%). Fifteen students (13.6%) were addicted to Facebook (score> 10 on the Bergen Addiction Scale. CONCLUSIONS: Facebook can be a useful and interesting tool to maintain and develop a network of relationships and create new ones. Its problematic use or addiction to Facebook has become a new scourge of public health. Faced with the negative impact of this addiction, It would be necessary to rationalize this use. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9567920/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2124 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Faouel, N. Ben Soussia, R. Gharbi, M. Kacem, M. Haj Mohamed, A. Bouali, W. Zarrouk, L. Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title | Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title_full | Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title_short | Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases |
title_sort | prevalence of facebook addiction in a teenage population: about 110 cases |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567920/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2124 |
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