Social networking sites addiction and associated psychological problems among young adults: a study from North India

Meena, Parth Singh; Soni, Ruchi; Jain, Mitun; Paliwal, Sonal

doi:10.4038/sljpsyc.v6i1.8055

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“…This may explain why the subscales show very similar magnitudes of correlations with other variables in previous studies in India. [ 11 14 15 20 21 ] For example, the subscales show very similar strength of relationship with poor health behaviors,[ 12 ] sense of humor,[ 20 ] symptoms of internet addiction,[ 15 21 ] academic-related variables,[ 22 ] and coping and resilience. [ 23 ] Practically then, researchers intending to examine whether depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms are differentially associated with others variable may wish to choose measures that have more specificity in assessing these emotional states.…”

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale among Indian adults

Sharma

Hallford

Anand

2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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Background: The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS) is a widely used measure of negative emotional states. While the DASS is increasingly used in mental health research in India, to date no study has examined the factor structure among Indian adults. Methods: A large community sample of English-speaking Indian adults completed the DASS 21-item version, and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Results: The results indicated a good fit for a three factor (depression, anxiety, and stress) and a one-factor model (general psychological distress). There was no substantial difference between the fit of the models, and the DASS subscales were very strongly correlated with one another ( r ≥ .80). Conclusion: The findings from this sample suggest that the DASS-21 items appear to assess general psychological distress, with little evidence that the items assess three distinct subscales.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Confirmatory factor analysis of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale among Indian adults

Sharma

Hallford

Anand

2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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“…The total score varies from 20 to 100, distinguishing normal (20 -49), moderate problematic (50 -79), and severe problematic uses (80 -100). Given the large overlap between PFU and PIU, and similarly to previous studies using a Facebook version of the IAT, participants scoring higher than 49 were considered problematic Facebook users (14,21). The IAT generally presents good psychometric properties, with Cronbach's α ranged from α = 0.63 to α = 0.93 (20).…”

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“…The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (18,19), the most used and validated tool to assess PIU (20), has been adapted to assess PFU (3,21). The 20 items are scored on a 5-point scale ranging from rarely to always (e.g., How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend on Facebook and fail?).…”

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Contributions of Psychopathological and Interpersonal Variables to Problematic Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

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Laconi²,

Delfour³

et al. 2016

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background: Problematic Facebook use, also known as Facebook addiction, has recently been recognized as a cause of potential harm to adolescents and young adults. Some problematic Internet use risk factors have been linked to Facebook use. Yet few studies have explored the risk factors for problematic Facebook use in young people. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of psychopathological variables, in particular borderline traits and interpersonal variables (i.e., parent and peer attachments and parental bonding styles), to the explanation of problematic Facebook use symptoms by taking gender into account and controlling for motives, one of the most important risk factors for problematic Facebook use. Patients and Methods:The final sample consisted of 456 Facebook users (227 women) aged from 12 to 25 (M = 20.5; SD = 2.5). These participants completed online self-report questionnaires assessing problematic Facebook use, motives for Facebook use, depressive symptoms, social anxiety, sensation seeking, borderline personality traits, parental bonding and attachment, and peer attachment. Results: Multiple regression analyses showed that motives and maternal overprotection were the main predictors of problematic Facebook use symptoms in both genders. Mediation analyses suggested that borderline personality traits and overprotection played different roles in the development of problematic Facebook use symptoms. In females, borderline traits were a mediator in the relation between maternal overprotection and problematic Facebook use symptoms. In males, maternal overprotection was a mediator in the relation between borderline traits and problematic Facebook use symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first study exploring the contribution of parental bonding and borderline traits to problematic Facebook use.

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“…In particular, college students are sensitive to friendship or responses from their friends and that could increase the possibility of SNS addiction [5]. [6] reported that 55.1% of college students become addicted to SNS. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to look at ways of how psychological factors among college students affect SNS addiction tendency.…”

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The Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing Out between Interpersonal Relationship Orientation and SNS Addiction Tendency in College Student

2019

APJCRI

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The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of fear of missing out between interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency of college students. For this purpose, we surveyed 210 college students in Busan from September 3 to September 22, 2018 for 20 days. And 205 responses were used for the analysis. As a result of correlation analysis for examine the relationship between the variables, interpersonal relationship orientation showed static correlation with fear of missing out (r=.304, p<.001) and SNS addiction tendency (r=.401,p<.001). Also, SNS addiction tendency showed static correlation with fear of missing out (r=.368, p<.001). Therefore, we can assume the mediating effect of fear of missing out between interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency. In order to verify the mediating effect of interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency, the three step mediating effect validation process proposed by showed a partial mediating effect. The Sobel test was used to verify the significance of the mediation effect. The result showed statistical significance as Z=3.545 (p<.001). The implications and limitations of this study are discussed including suggestions for future research.

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Social networking sites addiction and associated psychological problems among young adults: a study from North India

Cited by 36 publications

References 4 publications

Confirmatory factor analysis of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale among Indian adults

Confirmatory factor analysis of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale among Indian adults

Contributions of Psychopathological and Interpersonal Variables to Problematic Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

The Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing Out between Interpersonal Relationship Orientation and SNS Addiction Tendency in College Student

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