Problematic use of social media in adolescents with internet addictive behavior: preliminary results

Introduction. The prevalence, phenomenology, clinical manifestations, and psychological predictors of the problematic use of social media are relevant areas of modern scientific research, which is explained by increasing digitalization and its negative consequences for mental health. Aim: the paper aims to study the problematic use of social media in adolescent schoolchildren with Internet addictive behavior. Materials and methods. The study involved 633 schoolchildren (358 boys and 275 girls) from the Moscow region, aged 15-17. The study methods were as follows: Problematic Facebook Use Scale; frequency and duration of social media use scales; Chen Internet Addiction Scale. Results. The majority of students demonstrated a tendency toward problematic use of social media (83.4 %), 6.3 % had minimal risk, and 5.7 % had problematic use. The problematic use of social media was characterized by: spending time in social networks out of boredom (95.1 %); need to regulate the emotional state (87.7 %); difficulties with time management related to the use of social media (72.0 %). Excessive social media use (6 or more hours) was significantly more common (p function show_eabstract() { $('#eabstract1').hide(); $('#eabstract2').show(); $('#eabstract_expand').hide(); }