Social networking addiction, attachment style, and validation of the Italian version of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 178-186

  Monacis, Lucia ^a   De Palo, Valeria ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b   Sinatra, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Behavioral addictions; Psychometric validation; Social networking addiction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; BERGEN SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAME ADDICTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021670858     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.023     Document Type: Article

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