Smartphone and Facebook addictions share common risk and prognostic factors in a sample of undergraduate students.

Julia Machado KhouryMaila de Castro Lourenço das NevesMarco Antônio Valente RoqueAndré Augusto Correa de FreitasMichele Ralil da CostaFrederico Duarte Garcia

Published in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy (2020)

In our sample, co-occurrence of SA and FA correlated with higher levels of negative consequences and lower levels of social support satisfaction. These results strongly suggest that SA and FA share some elements of vulnerability. Further studies are warranted to clarify the directions of these associations.

Keyphrases

social support
prognostic factors
depressive symptoms
social media
climate change
case control
medical students
high school
nursing students