Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study
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Resumo: | Advances in technology have introduced new challenges and issues for policymakers and researchers. There is some debate in the literature whether the Internet, Facebook, and online gaming addictions may be true addiction disorders or are all manifestations of a more general information technology addiction. The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in problematic Internet and Facebook use and online gaming, and the independence of these phenomena. The study sample comprised 500 college students, who completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Internet Addiction Test, Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Online Gaming Scale. Males had more problems related to online gaming, and more problematic Internet and Facebook use. A bifactor model with one general and three specific factors - problematic online gaming, problematic Internet use and problematic Facebook use - obtained the best fit to the data. However, the specific variance explained by the factors of problematic Internet and Facebook use was low, but high in the case of problematic online gaming. Therefore, problematic online gaming seems to have more distinctive characteristics than the other two types of behavioural addictions. |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory studyOnline gaming disorderProblematic Facebook useProblematic internet useBifactor modellingDigital addictive behaviorsAdvances in technology have introduced new challenges and issues for policymakers and researchers. There is some debate in the literature whether the Internet, Facebook, and online gaming addictions may be true addiction disorders or are all manifestations of a more general information technology addiction. The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in problematic Internet and Facebook use and online gaming, and the independence of these phenomena. The study sample comprised 500 college students, who completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Internet Addiction Test, Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Online Gaming Scale. Males had more problems related to online gaming, and more problematic Internet and Facebook use. A bifactor model with one general and three specific factors - problematic online gaming, problematic Internet use and problematic Facebook use - obtained the best fit to the data. However, the specific variance explained by the factors of problematic Internet and Facebook use was low, but high in the case of problematic online gaming. Therefore, problematic online gaming seems to have more distinctive characteristics than the other two types of behavioural addictions.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaDias, PauloCadime, IreneCastillo, José Antonio García delMarzo, Juan CarlosCastillo-López, Álvaro García delLópez-Sánchez, Carmen2021-03-31T17:30:25Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32438eng0048-570510.2298/psi190129012d85089271012000576761800001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-05T01:37:19Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/32438Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:26:11.586965Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study Dias, Paulo Online gaming disorder Problematic Facebook use Problematic internet use Bifactor modelling Digital addictive behaviors |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Problematic internet and Facebook use and online gaming among university student: an exploratory study |
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Dias, Paulo |
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Dias, Paulo Cadime, Irene Castillo, José Antonio García del Marzo, Juan Carlos Castillo-López, Álvaro García del López-Sánchez, Carmen |
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Cadime, Irene Castillo, José Antonio García del Marzo, Juan Carlos Castillo-López, Álvaro García del López-Sánchez, Carmen |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Dias, Paulo Cadime, Irene Castillo, José Antonio García del Marzo, Juan Carlos Castillo-López, Álvaro García del López-Sánchez, Carmen |
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Online gaming disorder Problematic Facebook use Problematic internet use Bifactor modelling Digital addictive behaviors |
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Online gaming disorder Problematic Facebook use Problematic internet use Bifactor modelling Digital addictive behaviors |
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Advances in technology have introduced new challenges and issues for policymakers and researchers. There is some debate in the literature whether the Internet, Facebook, and online gaming addictions may be true addiction disorders or are all manifestations of a more general information technology addiction. The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in problematic Internet and Facebook use and online gaming, and the independence of these phenomena. The study sample comprised 500 college students, who completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Internet Addiction Test, Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Online Gaming Scale. Males had more problems related to online gaming, and more problematic Internet and Facebook use. A bifactor model with one general and three specific factors - problematic online gaming, problematic Internet use and problematic Facebook use - obtained the best fit to the data. However, the specific variance explained by the factors of problematic Internet and Facebook use was low, but high in the case of problematic online gaming. Therefore, problematic online gaming seems to have more distinctive characteristics than the other two types of behavioural addictions. |
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