2018
DOI: 10.3916/c56-2018-10
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Abstract: Understanding the factors that predict excessive use of social networks in adolescence can help prevent problems as addictive behaviours, loneliness or cyberbullying. The main aim was to ascertain the psychological and social profile of adolescents whose use of SNSS is excessive. Participants comprised 1,102 adolescents aged between 11 and 18 from Girona (Spain). Those who made excessive use of social networks were grouped together. Their personality and social profiles were explored, the former using NEO FFI,… Show more

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“…Thus, the SRW value determines that the relationship between these two variables is positive and highly significant, revealing that the more intensive use of the social network is made, the greater the addiction to the smartphone will be and vice versa. These results are clearly in line with the most recent studies [38,40,41,43].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…Thus, the SRW value determines that the relationship between these two variables is positive and highly significant, revealing that the more intensive use of the social network is made, the greater the addiction to the smartphone will be and vice versa. These results are clearly in line with the most recent studies [38,40,41,43].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Specifically, in the Spanish sphere, research in this regard in recent years has centered on different phenomena related to the Internet and its use [36,37], the problems that arise [38], and the impact of different social networks in different educational stages [39][40][41].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We did not find any statistically significant association between type of online activity and occurrence of palpitations and related symptoms. However, the most prevalent internet activities among participants in our study were online communication using social networking sites, especially Facebook (85%) and online gaming (74%), which are risk factors associated with excessive internet use [30]. Those results are consistent with Tsitsika et al's study, which showed that 82% of European and American adolescents had a social networking profile and more than half used social networking sites daily [15].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Using social networks sites (SNs) in adolescence has been reported to be one of the most frequent Internet activity (Cerrato, Martin-Perpina & Vinas-Poch, 2018;Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008) and over the years, the Internet and SNs have become an essential social context for adolescents. While there have been positive outcomes associated with SNs use, such as new opportunities for sociability, there were also be negative ones: research has shown that some adolescents tend to use Internet and SNs excessively or in a maladaptive way with negative consequences on different aspects of their life, such as school, relations with parents and peers and their psychological wellbeing (Ballarotto et al, 2018;Livingstone et al, 2011).Literature underlines that, in adolescence, girls show higher levels of massive Internet use than male peers, showing in association both higher levels of internalization and externalization problems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%