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Guedes E, Sancassiani F, Carta MG, et al. Internet Addiction and Excessive Social Networks Use: What About Facebook?. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2016;12:43-8doi: 10.2174/1745017901612010043.
Guedes, E., Sancassiani, F., Carta, M. G., Campos, C., Machado, S., King, A. L., & Nardi, A. E. (2016). Internet Addiction and Excessive Social Networks Use: What About Facebook?. Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH, 1243-8. https://doi.org/10.2174/1745017901612010043
Guedes, Eduardo, et al. "Internet Addiction and Excessive Social Networks Use: What About Facebook?." Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH vol. 12 (2016): 43-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.2174/1745017901612010043
Guedes E, Sancassiani F, Carta MG, Campos C, Machado S, King AL, Nardi AE. Internet Addiction and Excessive Social Networks Use: What About Facebook?. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2016 Jun 28;12:43-8. doi: 10.2174/1745017901612010043. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27418940; PMCID: PMC4926056.
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Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2016 Jun 28;12:43-8. doi: 10.2174/1745017901612010043. eCollection 2016.

Internet Addiction and Excessive Social Networks Use: What About Facebook?.

Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH

Eduardo Guedes, Federica Sancassiani, Mauro Giovani Carta, Carlos Campos, Sergio Machado, Anna Lucia Spear King, Antonio Egidio Nardi

Affiliations

  1. Grupo Delete - Detox Digital e uso consciente de Tecnologias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry (IPUB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; College of Social Communication, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  2. Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
  3. Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry (IPUB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal.
  4. Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry (IPUB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Physical Activity Neuroscience, Physical Activity Postgraduate Program, Salgado de Oliveira University (UNIVERSO), Niterói, Brazil.
  5. Grupo Delete - Detox Digital e uso consciente de Tecnologias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry (IPUB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 27418940 PMCID: PMC4926056 DOI: 10.2174/1745017901612010043

Abstract

Facebook is notably the most widely known and used social network worldwide. It has been described as a valuable tool for leisure and communication between people all over the world. However, healthy and conscience Facebook use is contrasted by excessive use and lack of control, creating an addiction with severely impacts the everyday life of many users, mainly youths. If Facebook use seems to be related to the need to belong, affiliate with others and for self-presentation, the beginning of excessive Facebook use and addiction could be associated to reward and gratification mechanisms as well as some personality traits. Studies from several countries indicate different Facebook addiction prevalence rates, mainly due to the use of a wide-range of evaluation instruments and to the lack of a clear and valid definition of this construct. Further investigations are needed to establish if excessive Facebook use can be considered as a specific online addiction disorder or an Internet addiction subtype.

Keywords: Excessive Use; Facebook; Internet Addiction; Social Networks

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