Interrelationship between Attachment Styles and Facebook Addiction
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Social networking sites have started to become one of the most frequently used online communication types in the world. It is reported that one of the commonly used social networking sites is Facebook. Since Facebook use is new yet, it can be stated that researches on the Facebook addiction are at the beginning level. For this reason, determining factors leading to the Facebook addiction has gained importance. In this context, in this study, relationships between attachment styles and the Facebook addiction were examined. The participants of the study were 322 university students [145 (45%) male, 177 (55%) female, M age =20.61 years, SD=1.82]. In the study, the Personal Information Form, the Relationship Scales Questionnaire and the Facebook Addiction Scale were administered. The relationships between attachment styles and the Facebook addiction were calculated via using the Pearson correlation analysis. The Pearson correlation analysis results indicated that the Facebook addiction was negatively related with the secure and dismissing attachment style and positively related with the preoccupied attachment style. No relationship was found between the fearful attachment style and the Facebook addiction. If the attachment styles predicted the Facebook addiction was examined via using the stepwise regression analysis. The research findings indicated that the secure and dismissing attachment style negatively predicted and the preoccupied attachment style positively predicted the Facebook addiction. However, it was determined that the fearful attachment style did not predict Facebook addiction. The research findings were discussed under the light of related literature.
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Securely attached individuals appear to be at lower risk of becoming addicted to the internet generally and to social media specifically.
“Because they are characterized by high self-esteem and have good social skills (and thus intimate relationships), they appear to be at lower risk of becoming addicted to the internet generally and to social media specifically (Bashir et al. 2017;Eroglu 2015;Monacis et al. 2017a;Odacı and Çıkrıkçı 2014;Rao and Madan 2012).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Eroglu 2015
The Discussion reports that higher secure-attachment scores were associated with lower Facebook-addiction scores and suggests that satisfying offline relationships may be protective. This supports the social-media part of the claim, but the paper does not establish lower risk of internet addiction generally; its study examined Facebook addiction. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAttachment avoidance has no significant relationship with Facebook attachment and Facebook addiction.
“Attachment avoidance has been reported to have no significant relationship with Facebook attachment (Oldmeadow et al. 2013;Andangsari et al. 2013) and Facebook addiction (Eroglu 2015;Lin 2016).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Eroglu 2015
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports no relationship between fearful attachment style and Facebook addiction. But it also reports that dismissing attachment style negatively predicted Facebook addiction, so the paper does not support a blanket claim that attachment avoidance has no significant relationship with addiction. The Facebook-attachment part of the citing sentence is attributed to other sources, not Eroglu. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredInsecurely attached individuals tend to withdraw from environment because they think that their self-efficacy is threatened.
“In this way, insecurely attached individuals tend to withdraw from environment because they think that their self-efficacy is threatened (Eroglu 2015).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Eroglu 2015
The Discussion says that individuals with a dismissing attachment style may withdraw from environments where they think their self-efficacy is threatened. The citing sentence extends that explanation to insecurely attached individuals generally, while the passage limits it to the dismissing style. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredCross-sectional design was used in the study, and findings related to causality could not be obtained.
“Cross-sectional design was used in the study, and findings related to causality could not be obtained.”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Eroglu (2015)
Using Facebook becomes a means for social compensation.
“Using Facebook becomes a means for social compensation (Eroglu 2015).”
From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Eroglu 2015
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- Authors
- Eroglu, Y.
- Venue
- Journal of Education and Training Studies
- Publisher
- Redfame Publishing
- Published
- 2015-10-13
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
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- 2324-805X (ISSN-L)
- 2324-8068
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- journal article
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- en
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- Journal of Education and Training Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- Facebook addiction, attachment styles, preoccupied attachment, secure attachment, dismissing attachment, fearful attachment, social networking sites, university students, problematic internet use
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