Personality, motives and metacognitions as predictors of problematic Facebook Use in university students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-77

  Marino, Claudia ^a,b   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Moss, Antony C ^b   Caselli, Gabriele ^b,c,d   Nikčević, Ana V ^e   Spada, Marcantonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Modena e San Benedetto del Tronto   (Italy)

^d SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metacognitions; Personality; Problematic Facebook Use; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971201904     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.053     Document Type: Article

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