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      Attachment and problematic Facebook use in adolescents: The mediating role of metacognitions

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          Background and aims

          Recent research used attachment theory and the metacognitive tenet as frameworks to explain problematic Facebook use (PFU). This study aims to test, in a single model, the role of different attachment styles and metacognitions in PFU among adolescents.

          Methods

          Two separate studies were conducted in order to establish the link between security (Study 1) and insecurity (Study 2), metacognitions, and PFU. A total of 369 and 442 Italian adolescents (age: 14–20 years old) participated in Study 1 and Study 2, respectively.

          Results

          Path analyses revealed the relative importance of different attachment dimensions with mother and father in predicting PFU and the mediating role of metacognitions between attachment styles and PFU.

          Discussion and conclusion

          In conclusion, since attachment styles and PFU may significantly affect adolescents’ development and well-being, the results of this study may provide some practical indications for researchers and practitioners.

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          Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Nakwon Jung, Sebastián Valenzuela (2012)
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            The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey.

            Cecilie Andreassen, Ståle Pallesen, Mark Griffiths (2017)
            Social media has become an increasingly popular leisure activity over the last decade. Although most people's social media use is non-problematic, a small number of users appear to engage in social media excessively and/or compulsively. The main objective of this study was to examine the associations between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem. A cross-sectional convenient sample of 23,532 Norwegians (Mage=35.8years; range=16-88years) completed an open web-based survey including the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Results demonstrated that lower age, being a woman, not being in a relationship, being a student, lower education, lower income, lower self-esteem, and narcissism were associated with higher scores on the BSMAS, explaining a total of 17.5% of the variance. Although most effect sizes were relatively modest, the findings supported the notion of addictive social media use reflecting a need to feed the ego (i.e., narcissistic personality traits) and an attempt to inhibit a negative self-evaluation (i.e., self-esteem). The results were also consistent with demographic predictions and associations taken from central theories concerning "addiction", indicating that women may tend to develop more addictive use of activities involving social interaction than men. However, the cross-sectional study design makes inferences about directionality impossible.
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              Theory and measurement of generalized problematic Internet use: A two-step approach

              Scott Caplan (2010)
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                Journal
                Journal ID (pmc): jba
                Journal ID (publisher-id): JBA
                Title: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
                Abbreviated Title: J Behav Addict
                Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )
                ISSN (Print): 2062-5871
                ISSN (Electronic): 2063-5303
                Publication date (Electronic, epub): 29 March 2019
                Publication date (Print, ppub): March 2019
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 63-78
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova , Padova, Italy
                [ 2 ]Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University , London, UK
                [ 3 ]Dipartimento di Storia, Società e Studi sull’uomo, Università del Salento , Lecce, Italy
                [ 4 ] Studi Cognitivi , Milano, Italy
                [ 5 ]Department of Psychology, Sigmund Freud University , Milano, Italy
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author: Claudia Marino; Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Venezia 8, Padova 35125, Italy; Phone: +39 049 827 6402; Fax: +39 049 827 6547; E-mail: claudia.marino@ 123456phd.unipd.it
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                DOI: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.07
                SO-VID: 0c7d73d2-bd03-4ac7-bbbf-ab8f6122211e
                Copyright © © 2019 The Author(s)
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.

                History
                Date received : 20 September 2018
                Date revision received : 17 January 2019
                Date accepted : 27 January 2019
                Page count
                Figures: 8, Tables: 2, Equations: 0, References: 96, Pages: 16
                Funding
                Funding sources: No financial support was received for this study.
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                Subject: FULL-LENGTH REPORT

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Evolutionary Biology,Medicine,Psychology,Educational research & Statistics,Social & Behavioral Sciences
                Keywords: problematic Facebook use,adolescents,attachment,metacognitions
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Evolutionary Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Educational research & Statistics, Social & Behavioral Sciences
                Keywords: problematic Facebook use, adolescents, attachment, metacognitions

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