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Social Media in Adolescents: A Retrospective Correlational Study on Addiction

Considering the growing interest in the possible effects of internet’s addiction on adoles-cent’s mental health, this study aimed at exploring the psychological correlates of social media and internet problematic use during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conduct...

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Autores principales: Ciacchini, Rebecca, Orrù, Graziella, Cucurnia, Elisa, Sabbatini, Silvia, Scafuto, Francesca, Lazzarelli, Alessandro, Miccoli, Mario, Gemignani, Angelo, Conversano, Ciro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832407
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020278
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author Ciacchini, Rebecca
Orrù, Graziella
Cucurnia, Elisa
Sabbatini, Silvia
Scafuto, Francesca
Lazzarelli, Alessandro
Miccoli, Mario
Gemignani, Angelo
Conversano, Ciro
author_facet Ciacchini, Rebecca
Orrù, Graziella
Cucurnia, Elisa
Sabbatini, Silvia
Scafuto, Francesca
Lazzarelli, Alessandro
Miccoli, Mario
Gemignani, Angelo
Conversano, Ciro
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description Considering the growing interest in the possible effects of internet’s addiction on adoles-cent’s mental health, this study aimed at exploring the psychological correlates of social media and internet problematic use during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of secondary school students (N = 258); participants were asked to complete an online survey, investigating social media addiction (BSMAS), self-esteem (RSES), feelings of isolation (CSIQ-A) and anxiety (STAI-Y). Data analysis (descriptive statistics, correlational and regression analyses) was conducted through XLSTAT software ©. An additional ad hoc questionnaire was administrated. Findings showed that the 11% of the participants were significantly addicted to social media, mostly females (59%). Gender represented an exposure factor for the hours spent on social media and the checking activity while performing other daily activities. Significant correlations emerged between the self-report measure of social media addiction and self-esteem and anxiety. Low scores at RSES corresponded to higher checking activity, hours spent on social networks, and playing videogames that were investigated as supplementary indicators of addiction with ad hoc questionnaire. The regression analysis showed just two predictors of social media addiction, gender (female) and trait anxiety. Limitations and implications of the study were argued in order to give some indications for future programs.
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spelling pubmed-99548022023-02-25 Social Media in Adolescents: A Retrospective Correlational Study on Addiction Ciacchini, Rebecca Orrù, Graziella Cucurnia, Elisa Sabbatini, Silvia Scafuto, Francesca Lazzarelli, Alessandro Miccoli, Mario Gemignani, Angelo Conversano, Ciro Children (Basel) Article Considering the growing interest in the possible effects of internet’s addiction on adoles-cent’s mental health, this study aimed at exploring the psychological correlates of social media and internet problematic use during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of secondary school students (N = 258); participants were asked to complete an online survey, investigating social media addiction (BSMAS), self-esteem (RSES), feelings of isolation (CSIQ-A) and anxiety (STAI-Y). Data analysis (descriptive statistics, correlational and regression analyses) was conducted through XLSTAT software ©. An additional ad hoc questionnaire was administrated. Findings showed that the 11% of the participants were significantly addicted to social media, mostly females (59%). Gender represented an exposure factor for the hours spent on social media and the checking activity while performing other daily activities. Significant correlations emerged between the self-report measure of social media addiction and self-esteem and anxiety. Low scores at RSES corresponded to higher checking activity, hours spent on social networks, and playing videogames that were investigated as supplementary indicators of addiction with ad hoc questionnaire. The regression analysis showed just two predictors of social media addiction, gender (female) and trait anxiety. Limitations and implications of the study were argued in order to give some indications for future programs. MDPI 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9954802/ /pubmed/36832407 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020278 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Conversano, Ciro
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