The present study examined the relationships between personal characteristics, social
media experiences, and mental health. We carried out an online survey of 995 adolescents …

Adolescents' emotional problems and excessive social media use could deteriorate their self-
esteem. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contributions of adolescents' …

In this study, problematic social media use (PSU) was modeled using machine learning with
artificial neural networks (ANN) and support vector machines (SVM). Fifteen predictor …

This study examined (a) differences in estimates of Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU)
in adults across 14 countries worldwide and (b) whether personality and psychopathology …

Purpose As an unhealthy dependence on social media platforms, social media addiction
(SMA) has become increasingly commonplace in the digital era. The purpose of this paper is …

Ostracism and dark triad personality traits have been found to be linked with social media
addiction. Despite the well-established relationship between the dark triad (ie, narcissism …

Does how people generally engage with their online social networks relate to offline initial
social interactions? Using a large-scale study of first impressions (N= 806, Ndyad= 4,565) …

Why should people opt for a public profile on a new social media? Across two studies, we
tested the hypothesis that receiving tangible positive feedback on a famous social media site …

Relying on an extended functionalist perspective, in the present study we investigated how
motives underlying social media use (ie, conformity, social/the need for social relationships) …

Problematic social media use (PSMU) among adolescents has become an area of
increasing research interest in recent years. It is known that PSMU is negatively associated …