Highlights•Instruments that investigate PUSM are mainly based on outdated models of
addiction.•Social media platforms need to be considered for their specific characteristics.• …

Purpose Isolation policies are long-term and strictly enforced in China during the COVID-19
outbreak. Social media might be widely used for communication, work, understanding the …

Agentic narcissism and vulnerable narcissism have been widely studied in relation to social
media use. However, with research on communal narcissism in its early stages, the current …

Importance Children and adolescents spend considerable time on the internet, which makes
them a highly vulnerable group for the development of problematic usage patterns. A variety …

The internet has facilitated significant transformations in interpersonal interactions, and
offers new possibilities for finding romantic partners through the use of online dating apps …

Two recent papers in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions by Brand et al.(2022), and
Sassover and Weinstein (2022) both make interesting additions to the place of behavioral …

During the first lockdown, there was an increase in time spent using Social Networking Sites
(SNS), which should be studied, as well as problematic SNS use. The present study has …

Eight percent of adolescent girls were found to be engaged in problematic social media use.
Problematic social media use is associated with serious physical and mental consequences …

Bu araştırmanın amacı genç erişkinlerde problemli sosyal medya kullanımı, narsisistik kişilik
özellikleri ve psikolojik belirtiler arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın veri …

Despite the abundance of research on the addictive use of various online activities including
social networking, gaming, shopping, sex, and gambling, psychologists have paid very little …