Online Social Networking and Addiction—A Review of the Psychological Literature
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...In line with this, studies have shown that social-network site use can lead to a variety of negative consequences such as decrease in real-life communities, worsening of academic performance, and relationship problems (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011)....
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...It has been suggested that extroverts use social media for social enhancement, whereas introverts use it for social compensation, each of which appears to be associated with elevated use (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011)....
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...The maintenance of such networks and staying connected are assumed to function as an attraction factor, which might explain why some individuals use social network sites excessively (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011)....
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...The literature base for Internet social application addiction, relative to gaming, is diminutive, however, the usage of social networking sites has been found to be potentially addictive as overuse can result in a variety of negative consequences for the individual [129]....
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...It may cause maladaptive behavioral difficulties, interfere with school or work, reduce real-life social interaction, and lead to relationship disorders (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011)....
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...Moreover, Loughran et al. (2005) reported the adverse effect of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on sleep electroencephalograms....
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...surveyed using a prospective design in order to predict high level use intentions and actual high-level usage of SNSs via an extended model of the theory of planned behavior (TPB; [87])....
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...Furthermore, self-identity (adapted from [88]), belongingness [89], as well as past and potential future usage of SNSs were investigated....
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...on the idea that everybody is linked with everybody else via six degrees of separation [9], and initially referred to as the “small world problem” [11]....
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...It is the individual rather than the community that is the focus of attention [9]....
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...traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” [9]....
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