Personality, motives and metacognitions as predictors of problematic Facebook Use in university students
By Claudia Marino, Alessio Vieno, A. Moss, G. Caselli, Ana V. Nikcevic, Marcantonio M. Spada. 2016
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.Facebook has become hugely popular among young people and adults all over the world, creating a new social phenomenon that has affected the communication patterns used by people to interact with each other. Although most people use Facebook wisely, a minority of users can show negative patterns of Facebook use, with negative consequences on personal psycho-social well-being, especially among young adults. The present study aims to test a model designed to assess the unique contribution of personality traits, motives for using Facebook and metacognitions on Problematic Facebook Use (PFU) among young adults. A total of 815 Italian university students participated in the study. Path analysis revealed that three of the four motives to use Facebook, and that two of the five metacognitions, predicted PFU. Moreover, only one personality trait (extraversion) appeared to be directly linked to PFU, while emotional stability indirectly influenced PFU via motives (coping and conformity) and metacognitions (negative beliefs about worry and cognitive confidence). In conclusion, motives and metacognitions predict PFU among young adults, and they should be taken into account to develop preventive measures and clinical interventions.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Education, Sociology and Political Science
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- Metacognitions and emotion regulation as predictors of problematic internet use in adolescents (2017, result): “This line of argument is also supported by recent research which has confirmed the role of metacognitions in predicting problematic Facebook use (Marino et al. 2016).”