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Exploring the role of social media use motives, psychological well-being, self-esteem, and affect in problematic social media use
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Schivinski, B and Brzozowska-Wos, M and Stansbury, E and Satel, J and Montag, C and Pontes, HM, Exploring the role of social media use motives, psychological well-being, self-esteem, and affect in problematic social media use, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 Article 617140. ISSN 1664-1078 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2020 Schivinski, Brzozowska-Wo´s, Stansbury, Satel, Montag and Pontes. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)
DOI: doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.617140
Abstract
Given recent advances in technology, connectivity, and the popularity of social media
platforms, recent literature has devoted great attention to problematic Facebook
use. However, exploring the potential predictors of problematic social media use
beyond Facebook use has become paramount given the increasing popularity of
multiple alternative platforms. In this study, a sample of 584 social media users
(Mage = 32.28 years; 67.81% female) was recruited to complete an online survey
assessing sociodemographic characteristics, patterns, and preferences of social media
use, problematic social media use (PSMU), social media use motives, psychological
well-being, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect. Results indicated that 6.68%
(n = 39) of all respondents could be potentially classed as problematic users. Moreover,
further analysis indicated that intrapersonal motive (β = 0.38), negative affect (β = 0.22),
daily social media use (β = 0.18), surveillance motive (β = 0.12), and positive affect
(β = −0.09) each predicted PSMU. These variables accounted for about 37% of the total
variance in PSMU, with intrapersonal motive driving the greatest predictive contribution,
over and above the effects of patterns of social media use and sociodemographic
variables. These findings contribute to the increasing literature on PSMU. The results
of this study are discussed in light of the existing literature on PSMU.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | problematic social media use, social media motives, problematic behavior, well-being, self-esteem, affect, problematic consumer behavior |
| Research Division: | Psychology |
| Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
| Research Field: | Health psychology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
| UTAS Author: | Satel, J (Dr Jason Satel) |
| UTAS Author: | Pontes, HM (Dr Halley de Oliveira Miguel Pontes) |
| ID Code: | 142703 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 19 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2021-02-08 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-06-28 |
| Downloads: | 23 View Download Statistics |
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