ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Social Networking Sites and Addiction: Ten Lessons Learned.
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359 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The neurobiology of internet addiction: a scoping review of developmental and gender-specific mechanisms.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- Exploring the relationship between social media dependence and internet addiction among college students from a bibliometric perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- The Effect of Digital Addiction Training on University Students' Digital Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Orexin-A Levels: Randomized Controlled Trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- Mental health, personality, and cross-addictions as predictors of social media addiction: a machine learning longitudinal study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Problematic Internet Use and Sociodemographic Correlates Among Undergraduate Students in Northern Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Academic Stress, Family Relationships, and Social Media Use Disorder Among Turkish Middle School Students: Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Self-Esteem, Lover-Centeredness, and Social Networking Site Use as Mediators Between Resilience and Cyberbullying Victimization.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Naturalistic Online Language as a Marker of Depression in Midlife and Older Adults: Computational Text Analysis of Bluesky and Reddit Posts.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
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- Relationships Between Psychological Resilience, Rejection Sensitivity, and Short-Video Addiction in University Students: A Cross-Lagged Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations of employment status with social media addiction, anxiety, and parenting self-efficacy among mothers of infants: a cross-sectional study using machine learning.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Online social networking sites (SNSs) have gained increasing popularity in the last decade, with individuals engaging in SNSs to connect with others who share similar interests. The perceived need to be online may result in compulsive use of SNSs, which in extreme cases may result in symptoms and consequences traditionally associated with substance-related addictions. In order to present new insights into online social networking and addiction, in this paper, 10 lessons learned concerning online social networking sites and addiction based on the insights derived from recent empirical research will be presented. These are: (i) social networking and social media use are not the same; (ii) social networking is eclectic; (iii) social networking is a way of being; (iv) individuals can become addicted to using social networking sites; (v)
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