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Direct linkDebi Kipps-Vaughan; Margaret Dassira; Kiersten Bell – Communique, 2025
According to the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), an substance use disorder (SUD) involves patterns of symptoms caused by using a substance that an individual continues taking despite its negative effects. Though there are 11 specific DSM-5 criteria for an SUD, they…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, School Psychologists, Adolescents
Peer reviewedMiao Chao; Weiyi Sun; Jie Liu; Jiahui Ding; Ye Zhu – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: The use of social media among students has become debatable concern due to both positive and negative effects on academic performance. Yet, understanding of the diverse patterns of social media use and their influence on actual and perceived academic performance remains limited. Objectives: This study distinguishes between academic and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Performance, Influence of Technology, Predictor Variables
Download full textAlev Üstündag; Sedef Irem Önlü; Irem Nur Akdeniz – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2025
The research was conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between adolescents' social media privacy protection skills and social media addiction levels. A total of 499 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18 participated in this correlational study. The study used a Personal Information Form, the Social Media Privacy Protection…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Security, Addictive Behavior, Adolescents
Robert Kim – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Social media companies are increasingly being called to account for how their apps are affecting young people. Robert Kim explores "In re: Social Media Addiction," a lawsuit that combines multiple cases that have been brought against social media companies for their addictive effects. The cases illustrate the tension between product…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Freedom of Speech
Saima Naseer; Dave Bouckenooghe; Shadab Qazi; Fauzia Syed – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2024
In this inquiry, we highlight that there is a silver lining to workaholism, relying on identity control theory as an explanatory framework. A parallel mediation model established that workaholism fosters employees' creativity but also triggers presenteeism through the mechanisms of thriving and flourishing. The model also shows that a proactive…
Descriptors: Employees, Creativity, Addictive Behavior, Individual Development
Noor-i-Kiran Naeem; Zil-e-Fatima Naeem; Asfand Yar Anwar – Discover Education, 2024
This study aimed to determine the trends of smartphone usage and behaviours associated with its use among undergraduate medical students at ABWA Medical College, Pakistan. Conducted from July to December 2023, this cross-sectional survey involved 270 undergraduate medical students, with 264 participants responding, resulting in a 97.7% response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Handheld Devices
Kaitlyn Burnell; Jessica S. Flannery; Kara A. Fox; Mitchell J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer – Journal of Children and Media, 2025
Associations between adolescent social media use and well-being are inconclusive, and studies using rigorous methodologies and objective measures are needed. Additionally, attention on what individual differences may moderate linkages between social media and well-being is necessary. We tested 1) how daily social media use (assessed via…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Media, Well Being, Addictive Behavior
Mensah Prince Osiesi; Olutoyin Olufunke Fajobi; Sikeade Mercy Adegboyega; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Olaitan Titilayo Akinola; Muyiwa Sunday Ajimuse; Folasade Oluyemisi Olayinka; Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Oladipo Adeyeye Olubodun; Atinuke Titilope Babalola; Valentina Grion – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2025
Objective: Internet addiction among university undergraduates may deeply impact their academic lives. This study investigated the association between academic fatigue, academic engagement, academic performance, gender, and internet addiction and how the variables jointly and relatively predict internet addiction among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
Derya Evgin; Kizbes Meral Kiliç; Adem Sümen – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of social media use disorder among adolescents and to investigate the relationship between social media use, level of cyber human values, cyberbullying, or cybervictimization. This study employed a cross-sectional design, with 1571 adolescents enrolled in high school participating in the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, High School Students, Bullying
Mohamed Yaakoubi; Faiçal Farhat; Mustapha Bouchiba; Liwa Masmoudi; Omar Trabelsi; Ahmed Ghorbel; Adnene Gharbi – School Mental Health, 2024
This study investigates smartphone addiction prevalence among Tunisian middle school students and its associations with sleep quality, fatigue, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement. Using structured interviews, we collected demographic data, grade point averages, and phone usage details from 1015 students aged 14-16. Participants also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Wei Yao; Hanchao Hou; Peng Yang; Shiguang Ni – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Smartphone addiction and academic burnout are typical psycho-behavioral problems among adolescents. Extant studies tend to examine them from a single-problem perspective, while research on their co-occurrence is lacking. Moreover, research has been prone to focus on the impacts of the negative sides of smartphone use on the two problems, ignoring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Mohamed M. Ghoneim Sywelem; Sarah Bader Alotaibi – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This quantitative study explores parental awareness of gaming addiction risks and their perceptions of coping strategies among middle school students in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from 245 parents using a validated questionnaire designed to assess perceptions of three primary risks associated with gaming addiction: health,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Student Evaluation, Middle School Students
Enrico Gandolfi; Richard E. Ferdig; Jiahui Wang; Grace Morris; Amy Copus; Sk Rezwan Shihab – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Research has provided evidence that online gaming can both positively and negatively impact players' physical and mental health. However, few research studies have examined how game addiction, game community, and vitality felt while playing can inform well-being. This study addressed this gap by focusing on game players' vitality, a construct that…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Games, Well Being, Addictive Behavior
Lin, Shanyan; Longobardi, Claudio; Gastaldi, Francesca Giovanna Maria; Fabris, Matteo Angelo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
Social media addiction (SMA) is considered a risk factor for aggressive behaviors in adolescents, while its underlying mechanisms remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the possible mediating roles of nighttime social media use and sleep quality in the relationship between SMA and aggressive behaviors. A sample of 773 Italian secondary…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Aggression, Early Adolescents
Sohn, Minsung; Moon, Daseul; Kim, Jinho – Youth & Society, 2024
This study investigated the extent to which adolescent social network positions are associated with the risk of lifetime daily smoking and nicotine dependence (ND), and whether these associations differ by gender. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 6,267), this study estimated multinomial logistic…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Adolescents, Smoking, Gender Differences
