APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Individual Differences in College Students’ Social Media Addiction
- Alysha Giltner
Southeast Missouri State University - Stephen Nettelhorst
Southeast Missouri State University
Abstract
One hundred and eighty-six participants completed an online survey to predict their levels of social media addiction using the Social Media Disorder Scale. The predictors were self-esteem and loneliness. The results indicated that higher levels of loneliness predicted a significantly greater chance of developing social media addiction.
Media/Technology