Motivational processes and dysfunctional mechanisms of social media use among adolescents: A qualitative focus group study
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Highlights：
• Qualitative focus groups were used to examine social media use motives.
• Six motivational themes for social media use were identified.
• Motives included emotional regulation and enhancement, and need for control.
• The need for control appeared to be reinforced by FoMO and nomophobia.
• Control phenomena may be implicated in compulsive use.
摘要
•Qualitative focus groups were used to examine social media use motives.•Six motivational themes for social media use were identified.•Motives included emotional regulation and enhancement, and need for control.•The need for control appeared to be reinforced by FoMO and nomophobia.•Control phenomena may be implicated in compulsive use.
论文关键词：Social media use,Social networking sites,Social media addiction,Motivations,Adolescents,Internet addiction
论文评审过程：Received 18 July 2018, Revised 6 December 2018, Accepted 8 December 2018, Available online 8 December 2018, Version of Record 20 December 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.012
