Potential Causes of Social Media Addiction

Teresa Berenice Treviño Benavides, Ana Teresa Alcorta Castro, Sofia Alejandra Garza Marichalar, Mariamiranda Peña Cisneros and Elena Catalina Baker Suárez
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Teresa Berenice Treviño Benavides: Universidad de Monterrey
Ana Teresa Alcorta Castro: Universidad de Monterrey
Sofia Alejandra Garza Marichalar: Universidad de Monterrey
Mariamiranda Peña Cisneros: Universidad de Monterrey
Elena Catalina Baker Suárez: Universidad de Monterrey

Chapter Chapter 6 in Social Media Addiction in Generation Z Consumers, 2023, pp 27-34 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter discusses insights about the potential causes that may lead young users to develop social media addiction. Such potential causes are classified in three different topics: (1) psychopathology, (2) external factors, and (3) maladaptive cognitions. The causes identified in psychopathology, are narcissistic traits, obsessive thoughts, mental disorders, and personality traits. Other causes classified as external, may include family discomfort, lack of support from loved ones, and other contextual situations. Finally, causes related to maladaptive conditions include affinity impulse, curiosity impulse, validation impulse, contact comfort impulse, fear of missing out, dependence on smart devices, escape from reality, urge to share, notification anxiety, feeling included, and altruistic impulse. Overall, this chapter offers such identification of causes that may help identify users that are more propense in developing social media addiction.

Keywords: Causes of social media addiction; Psychopathology of social media use; Users maladaptive cognitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33452-8_6

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