The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey

Andreassen, Cecilie Schou; Pallesen, Ståle; Griffiths, Mark D.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.006

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“…According to PBT, low self-esteem is among the personality risk factors that may lead to development of problem behaviors (Jessor 1991). Moreover, previous studies suggest that students with low self-esteem demonstrate more PSMU and CBP (Andreassen et al 2017;Fan et al 2016). Therefore, it is hypothesized that self-esteem will be negatively associated with CBP and PSMU.…”

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“…Furthermore, it has been suggested that depressive feelings and problematic behaviors may peak around the last years of high school (Bayram and Bilgel 2008;Hankin et al 2015). Based on previous studies (Andreassen et al 2017;Ševčíková and Šmahel 2009), it is hypothesized that younger emerging adults and older adolescent students will be more problematic social media users and cyberbullying perpetrators.…”

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“…Furthermore, several studies have shown that female students are more prone to depressive moods (NolenHoeksema and Girgus 1994), and to develop problematic use of online platforms containing higher social interactions (Andreassen et al 2017). Based on recent previous studies (Andreassen et al 2017;Kırcaburun and Tosuntaş 2017), it is hypothesized that females will demonstrate less CBP and more PSMU and depression. Age is another important control variable concerning CBP and PSMU.…”

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Over the past two decades, young people's engagement in online activities has grown markedly. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between two specific online behaviors (i.e., cyberbullying perpetration, problematic social media use) and their relationships with social connectedness, belongingness, depression, and self-esteem among high school and university students. Data were collected from two different study groups via two questionnaires that included the Cyberbullying Offending Scale, Social Media Use Questionnaire, Social Connectedness Scale, General Belongingness Scale, Short Depression-Happiness Scale, and Single Item Self-Esteem Scale. Study 1 comprised 804 high school students (48% female; mean age 16.20 years). Study 2 comprised 760 university students (60% female; mean age 21.48 years). Results indicated that problematic social media use and cyberbullying perpetration (which was stronger among high school students) were directly associated with each other. Belongingness (directly) and social connectedness (indirectly) were both associated with cyberbullying perpetration and problematic social media use. Path analysis demonstrated that while age was a significant direct predictor of problematic social media use and cyberbullying perpetration among university students, it was not Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…Consequently, not all online activities should be considered "causal" or "accidental" activities, since they can represent symbols or symptoms connected to the real identity. Moreover, several researchers have demonstrated the effect of narcissism on behaviours exhibited in the virtual world (Andreassen, Pallesen, & Griffiths, 2016;Lee & Sung, 2016). In addition, a positive correlation between poor mental health and frequent use of social networks during developmental age has been evidenced (Sampasa-Kanyinga & Lewis, 2015).…”

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Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

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Erriu²,

Pisano³

et al. 2017

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Adolescence represents a crucial period for the construction of personal and social identity. Nowadays, youths create their offline and online identity, as an undistinguishable and complex Self. Adolescents, indeed, construct their online identity as an integration of their physical and virtual persona. This integration might be difficult to represent and communicate to others. The Internet is widely spread among adolescents, and it can favour the development of risky online behaviours, which in turn can involve the occurrence of youth's negative consequences, such as emotional problems, or difficulties in social behaviours. The present study intends to explore, in a sample of Italian adolescents, the capacity of representing the online and offline identity. This capacity is hypothesized to result in an adaptive use of the web. The sample was composed by 200 Italian adolescents, aged 14-17 years, who filled out an adhoc questionnaire tapping different aspects of representation of virtual reality. Adolescents revealed an unclear representation of their virtual identity. Because of their difficulties in identifying the relationship between the real and the virtual identity, the consequences of their activities in the web and in virtual communities are frequently underestimated. Identity and representation of the Self that adolescents express through social networks are very complex topics and the relationship between real and virtual identity needs further research, to carry out effective programs of prevention and intervention of problematic internet use in adolescence.

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“…For example, SNS addiction has negative consequences for the individual as well as the society in which they reside ( [9]). For instance, research studies (e.g., [10] [11]) found that SNS addiction is related to higher level of narcissism and lower level of self-esteem. Several factors might contribute towards SNS addiction; dispositional factors (e.g., personality, self-esteem), socio-cultural factors (e.g., peers), and behavioral reinforcement factors (e.g., repetitive use of a medium) ( [6] [12]).…”

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Passion and Self-Determination: Exploring Social Networking Site Addiction Using a Dualistic Framework

Manchiraju¹,

Sadachar²

2018

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The purpose of the present study is to explore the role of behavioral/psychological constructs of passion and self-determination in the context of social networking site (SNS) addiction. The present study explored SNS addiction by employing a dualistic framework, which is an amalgam of the dualistic model of passion ([13]) and the self-determination theory (SDT; [14]). Data were collected through an online survey administered by a market research company based in the USA (N = 312). The survey consisted of items related to key constructs related to the research framework proposed (e.g., harmonious and obsessive passion). All the items included in the survey were 7-point Likerttype questions. Additionally, data related to demographics and Internet usage were collected. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to explore the relationships between passion typologies, self-determination, and SNS addiction. Structural Equation Modeling showed that harmonious passion was positively related to autonomy and relatedness, but was negatively related to competence. Obsessive passion was negatively related to autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Competence and relatedness were negatively related to SNS addiction. Obsessive passion positively influenced SNS addiction, whereas, contrary to the expectation, harmonious passion also positively influenced SNS addiction. Obsessive passion towards SNS predicted SNS addiction via three basic psychological needs, namely, autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The present study draws upon concepts of positive psychology to understand SNS addiction. The proposed theoretical framework explained 86% of the variance in terminal construct, which is SNS addiction.

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The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey

Cited by 908 publications

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Problematic Online Behaviors among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Associations between Cyberbullying Perpetration, Problematic Social Media Use, and Psychosocial Factors

Problematic Online Behaviors among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Associations between Cyberbullying Perpetration, Problematic Social Media Use, and Psychosocial Factors

Adolescents’ Online And Offline Identity: A Study On Self-Representation

Passion and Self-Determination: Exploring Social Networking Site Addiction Using a Dualistic Framework

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