APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Individual Differences in College Students’ Social Media Addiction

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Me, My Phone and I

  • 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

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