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

Facebook is the most popular social networking site in the world providing the opportunity to maintain and/or establish relationships, to share media contents and experiences with friends, and to easily communicate with them. Despite the resources and the innovative social features offered by Facebook research has emerged indicating that its use may become problematic, with negative consequences on personal psycho-social well-being, especially among adolescents and young adults. The main aim of this study was to examine the unique contribution of personality traits and social influence processes (i.e. subjective norms, group norms, and social identity) to perceived frequency of Facebook Use and Problematic Facebook Use in a sample of adolescents. A total of 968 Italian adolescents participated in the study. Structural equation modeling showed that emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness and norms directly predicted Problematic Facebook Use, whereas gender, group norms and social identity predicted perceived frequency of Facebook use. In conclusion, both personal and social variables appear to explain perceived frequency of Facebook use and Problematic Facebook Use among adolescents, and should be taken into account by researchers and educational practitioners.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Addictive Behaviours

• Publication date

  2016-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.07.001PMID 27423098
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• Gender, norms, and social identity predicted perceived frequency of Facebook use.

  Confidence 0.94

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• Emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness, and norms directly predicted problematic Facebook use.

  Confidence 0.96

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• conscientiousness

  personality trait

  A personality trait reflecting self-discipline, organization, and goal-directed behavior.

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• emotional stability

  personality trait

  A personality trait reflecting calmness and low emotional reactivity.

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• extraversion

  personality trait

  A personality trait reflecting sociability, talkativeness, and positive engagement with others.

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• gender

  demographic variable

  Participant gender as a demographic characteristic used in the model.

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• norms

  social influence, norm

  Perceived social expectations and group-level behavioral standards used as social influence variables.

  Aliases: subjective norms, group norms

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• perceived frequency of facebook use

  outcome, measure

  Participants' self-reported or perceived how often they use Facebook.

  Aliases: Facebook use frequency

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• problematic facebook use

  outcome, behavior

  A measure of maladaptive or problematic engagement with Facebook assessed as an outcome in adolescents.

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• social identity

  social influence, identity

  The extent to which belonging to a group is part of a person's self-concept.

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