The impact of motives for Facebook use on Facebook addiction among ordinary users in Jordan

Alzougool, Basil

doi:10.1177/0020764018784616

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“…Communication is an important aspect regarding the use of those applications as well as further factors such as experiencing connectedness, the need to belong, self-presentation, and entertainment or procrastination [6,15]. Guedes et al [16] showed that usage motives such as relationship maintenance, passing time, and entertainment are related to an addictive use, which is in line with other research [17][18][19][20][21]. The definition as well as the main usage motives highlight the relevance of social connectedness, social cognitions, and/or social deficits as important factors involved in the development and maintenance of a social networks use disorder.…”

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A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

Wegmann

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2019

Curr Addict Rep

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Purpose of Review Social networks use disorder describes the problematic use of social networking sites and onlinecommunication applications. Social characteristic of social networks use emphasizes the special relevance of psychosocial factors and social cognitions in this context. The current review aims at summarizing findings on individual psychosocial characteristics to analyze the relevance of social processes as potential mechanisms of a social networks use disorder. Recent Findings The empirical overview illustrates that, aside from psychopathological factors, individual psychosocial characteristics and social cognitions as well as their interactions appear to be relevant risk factors for a problematic use of social networks. However, empirical findings are mixed. Summary We propose two hypotheses on the development of a potential social networks use disorder that might account for mixed results: the fear-driven/compensation-seeking hypothesis including compensatory use expectancies and the reward-driven hypothesis including positive use expectancies as key elements, both of which could lead to symptoms of social networks use disorder depending on interindividual differences in predisposing and reinforcing factors.

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A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

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2019

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“…In another study, the prevalence rate among high school students in Thailand was reported as being 41.8% using a cutoff score of 12 or more in the Thai-BFAS (Khumsri et al, 2015). In Jordan, 38.5% of university students classed as being at risk of FA using the BFAS, although no cutoff score was mentioned (Alzougool, 2018). Finally, a study of Malaysian students reported an FA prevalence rate of 47% based on polythetic scoring of the BFAS (Jafarkarimi et al, 2016).…”

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“…The prevalence of FA has been wide-ranging (up to 47% in some cases) but almost all studies have used different criteria and methods of assessing FA (e.g., Alzougool, 2018;Jafarkarimi, Sim, Saadatdoost, & Hee, 2016;Masthi, Cadabam, & Sonakshi, 2015;Khumsri et al, 2015;Shettar, Karkal, Kakunje, Mendonsa, & Chandran, 2017;Wolniczak et al, 2013) and typically using non-representative samples.…”

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The association between Facebook addiction and depression: A pilot survey study among Bangladeshi students

Mamun

Griffiths

2019

Psychiatry Research

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Social media addiction has become an area of increasing research interest over the past few years. However, there has been no previous research on social media addiction in Bangladesh. The present pilot study is the first ever in Bangladesh to examine the relationship between one specific form of social media addiction (i.e., 'Facebook addiction') and its associated predictors. This present study comprised 300 students from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) who participated in a survey that included questions relating to sociodemographics, health and behavioral measures, and the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9). The prevalence of FA was 39.7% (cutoff score was ≥18 on the BFAS). Using a regression analysis, the risk of being addicted to Facebook was predicted by being single, having less involvement in physical activities, sleep disturbance (more or less than 6 to 7 hours of sleep), time spent on Facebook (≥5 hours per day), and depression symptoms. Based on the sample in the present study, the risk of Facebook addiction (as assessed using the BFAS) appears to be a significant issue among Bangladeshi students, and depression appears to be one of the main comorbid factors.

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“…Regarding the Internet-usage time, communication accounted for the largest share, followed by entertainment and games, whereby the most frequently used communication applications were WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat [8]. Communicating and staying in contact with others is generally an important motive for using social networks, as highlighted by several authors [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Following Pertegal, Oliva, and Rodríguez-Meirinhos [16], research also identified two important motives for very young individuals: on the one hand obtaining social recognition, and on the other hand belonging to an online community.Besides several advantages of such applications, research has also critically pointed out that the use of social networks can have undesired and disadvantageous consequences as well.…”

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Problematic Social-Networks-Use in German Children and Adolescents—The Interaction of Need to Belong, Online Self-Regulative Competences, and Age

Ostendorf

Wegmann

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2020

IJERPH

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Adolescents nowadays spend much time communicating via social networks. Recent investigations also report a noticeable proportion showing a problematic usage behavior, underlining the importance of better understanding its development and maintenance in young individuals. Theoretical views on Internet-use disorders assume that specific predispositions and needs can contribute to addictive behaviors in interaction with further aspects including Internet-related cognitive biases. This study focuses on vulnerable individuals due to their age and investigates interactions between possible risk (need to belong, NTB) and protective factors (online self-regulative competences, OSRC). Participants (N = 466) between 10 and 17 years answered questionnaires assessing social-networks-use disorder symptoms, NTB, and OSRC. Moderated regression analysis revealed significant effects of age, NTB, and OSRC. Three-way interaction was also significant (potentially mainly caused by females), with highest social-networks-use disorder symptoms found for individuals with high NTB and low OSRC, especially when older. With high OSRC, symptoms were significantly lower for both younger and older individuals having high NTB. However, even if NTB was low, older individuals showed high social-networks-use disorder symptoms if their OSRC were low. The results highlight the importance of improving specific competences to prevent problematic usage behaviors, which should be considered in youth-tailored prevention and intervention programs.the authors also point out that the majority of young people state that they use the smartphone almost all the time, with adolescents aged between 15 and 16 years spending about twice as much time online as children aged between nine and 11 years. Furthermore, during their leisure time, the usage of the Internet in general, the usage of the smartphone and listening to music were the most important media activities stated by German adolescents in 2018 [8]. Regarding the Internet-usage time, communication accounted for the largest share, followed by entertainment and games, whereby the most frequently used communication applications were WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat [8]. Communicating and staying in contact with others is generally an important motive for using social networks, as highlighted by several authors [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Following Pertegal, Oliva, and Rodríguez-Meirinhos [16], research also identified two important motives for very young individuals: on the one hand obtaining social recognition, and on the other hand belonging to an online community.Besides several advantages of such applications, research has also critically pointed out that the use of social networks can have undesired and disadvantageous consequences as well. These include, for example, becoming a cyberbullying victim, being threatened by other people, or experiencing problems in everyday life due to an uncontrolled usage [17][18][19]. Based on recent developments in the International Classification of Diseases (11th revisi...

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The impact of motives for Facebook use on Facebook addiction among ordinary users in Jordan

Abstract: Among these six motives, escapism and passing time, exhibitionism and companionship, and relationships maintenance were the strong predictors of Facebook addiction.

Cited by 39 publications

References 44 publications

A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

The association between Facebook addiction and depression: A pilot survey study among Bangladeshi students

Problematic Social-Networks-Use in German Children and Adolescents—The Interaction of Need to Belong, Online Self-Regulative Competences, and Age

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