Modeling the contribution of personality, social identity and social norms to problematic Facebook use in adolescents

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-56

  Marino, Claudia ^a,b   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Pastore, Massimiliano ^a   Albery, Ian P ^b   Frings, Daniel ^b   Spada, Marcantonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Frequency of Facebook use; Personality; Problematic Facebook use; Social identity and norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ITALY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978259300     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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