A hidden type of internet addiction? Intense and addictive use of social networking sites in adolescents

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Highlights：

• Intense use of social networking is correlated with criteria for internet addiction.

• The prevalence amounted to 4.1% (boys) and 3.6% (girls).

• Addictive use was related to higher psychosocial distress.

• Extraversion predicted frequency of SNS-use but not addictive SNS-use.

摘要

•Intense use of social networking is correlated with criteria for internet addiction.•The prevalence amounted to 4.1% (boys) and 3.6% (girls).•Addictive use was related to higher psychosocial distress.•Extraversion predicted frequency of SNS-use but not addictive SNS-use.

论文关键词：Internet addiction,Prevalence,Personality,Psychosocial distress,Social networking sites

论文评审过程：Received 11 June 2015, Revised 11 September 2015, Accepted 12 September 2015, Available online 21 September 2015, Version of Record 21 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.007