The use of social media by adolescents, who spend about 3 hours a day on social media, is dominated by visual communication. Nowadays, appearance
For the collection of the data, a Descriptive Information Form, the Social Media Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SMASA), the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), the Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) and the Sleep Variables Questionnaire (SVQ) were used. Among the high school students who ...
There is growing evidence that social media addiction is an evolving problem, particularly among adolescents. However, the absence of an instrument measuring social media addiction hinders further development of the research field. The present study, therefore, aimed to test the reliability and validity...
for PUSM in adolescents.#The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale is valid for use in a French-speaking population.#Social media use increased more in adolescent inpatients than in community during the COVID-19 pandemic.#Adolescent inpatients should be screened for problematic use of social media....
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internet in 2017. Allowing for increase in social media usage since then, it is estimated that around 333 million people globally are likely to experience problematic social media use today. In fact, some experts think that up to 10% of people in the US could have social media addiction. ...
” (i.e., salience) or “…become restless or troubled if you have been prohibited from using social media?” (i.e., withdrawal). A higher BSMAS score indicates a heightened risk of social media addiction. As suggested by a substantial Hungarian study involving 6000 adolescents [20], a...
Adolescents’ emotional problems and excessive social media use could deteriorate their self-esteem. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contributions of adolescents’ emotional problems and social media addiction to their self-esteem, with the particular interest of testing the mediating...
In 2018, more than 20 percent of 11-year-old boys and girls in Denmark often found themselves thinking about when to check social media the next time. While especially the young boys were inclined to do so, it was more common for the girls in the older age groups to be confronted...
Murthy argues, “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents an...