The Dimensions of Facebook Addiction as Measured by Facebook Addiction Italian Questionnaire and Their Relationships with Individual Differences

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 251-258

  Caci, Barbara ^a   Cardaci, Maurizio ^a   Scrima, Fabrizio ^b   Tabacchi, Marco Elio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c Istituto Nazionale di Ricerche Demopolis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facebook; Internet addiction; social networking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017407130     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0073     Document Type: Article

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