Open AccessAddictive Potential of Social Media: A Cross Sectional Study in Portugal
Author(s) -
Beatriz Côrte-Real,
Catarina Cordeiro,
Pedro Câmara Pestana,
Inês Duarte e Silva,
Filipa Novais
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.18470
Subject(s) - addiction , social media , cross sectional study , logistic regression , psychology , scale (ratio) , demography , addictive behavior , social psychology , medicine , geography , sociology , psychiatry , computer science , cartography , world wide web , pathology
The use of social media is an extremely popular activity, with an average time spent of two and a half hours daily. The number of users continues to rise, with 4.65 billion around the world in 2022, approximately 58.7% of the world population. A rising number of studies show that a minority of these persons will develop a behavioral addiction on social media. The aim of this study was to understand if the use of a specific social media platform predicts increased addictive potential.