Social media addiction: associations with attachment style, mental distress, and personality

Abstract Background Social media bring not only benefits but also downsides, such as addictive behavior. While an ambivalent closed insecure attachment style has been prominently linked with internet and smartphone addiction, a similar analysis for social media addiction is still pending. This study...

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Main Authors: Christiane Eichenberg, Raphaela Schneider, Helena Rumpl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05709-z