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Psychosocial contributors to Internet and social media addiction among adult women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

K. Rachubińska ,
A. Cybulska ,
M. Szkup ,
D. Schneider-Matyka  and
E. Grochans
K. Rachubińska*
Affiliation:
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Department Of Nursing, Szczecin, Poland
A. Cybulska
Affiliation:
Pomeranian Medical University, Department Of Nursing, Szczecin, Poland
M. Szkup
Affiliation:
Pomeranian Medical University, Department Of Nursing, Szczecin, Poland
D. Schneider-Matyka
Affiliation:
Pomeranian Medical University, Department Of Nursing, Szczecin, Poland
E. Grochans
Affiliation:
Pomeranian Medical University, Department Of Nursing, Szczecin, Poland
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

When speaking of behavioral addictions (especially to the Internet and social media), it is emphasized that it is not the environment that is the main contributor to addiction, but rather certain behaviors and personality traits.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the level of Internet and social media addiction on the example of Facebook with regard to psychological and social factors.

Methods

This survey-based study involved a group of women representing the female population in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (N = 556). Research instruments were a self-developed questionnaire concerning sociodemographic data, the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Internet Addiction Test, and the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale.

Results

Age, depressive symptoms, loneliness were the variable contributing to Internet and Facebook addiction among the studied. Available studies confirm the results of their own research.

Employed n = 496Unemployed n = 60p
BDI4.0(1.0 – 10.0)6.5 (1.5 – 12.5)0.20
DJGLS34.1 ± 3.733.0 ± 5.00.09
IAT32.0 (24.0 – 44.0)24.5 (20.0 – 32.0)< 0.001
BFAS8.0 (6.0 – 12.0)6.0 (6.0 – 7.5)< 0.001

Conclusions

Depressive symptoms and dependence on the Internet and Facebook were more common among single women. In the employed women, we only observed higher levels of Internet and Facebook addiction. The level of dependence on the Internet and Facebook was higher among younger women. Loneliness correlated with Internet and Facebook addiction, and more severe depressive symptoms entailed higher levels of Internet and Facebook addiction.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

internet addictionbehaviora addictionwomen
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S818 - S819
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