La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo describir la relación entre la adicción a las redes sociales y la ansiedad manifiesta en adolescentes de un colegio particular en Lima. El diseño fue de tipo no experimental correlacional y transversal. La muestra fue no probabilística intencional y estuvo conformada por 227 participantes de los cuales el 42.3% fueron mujeres y el 57.7% fueron varones. Se aplicaron los cuestionarios de Adicción a las Redes Sociales (ARS) de Salas y Escurra (2014) y la Escala de Ansiedad Manifiesta en Niños (CMAS-R) en la versión adaptada a la población peruana de Domínguez, Villegas y Padilla (2013). Dentro de los principales resultados se comprobó que, existe relación entre las variables estudiadas; por lo tanto, a mayor adicción a las redes sociales existe mayor ansiedad manifiesta. Además, se encontró diferencias entre varones y mujeres, siendo ellas las que puntúan más alto en ambas escalas. Asimismo, se comprobó que a mayor tiempo de conexión a las redes sociales, mayor es la adicción a estas. / The objective of this research was to describe the relationship between addiction to social networks and anxiety manifested in adolescents of a private school in Lima. The methodology was non-experimental correlational and transversal. The sample was not intentionally probabilistic and consisted of 227 participants, of which 42.3% were women and 57.7% were men. The questionnaire of Addiction to Social Networks (ARS) of Salas and Escurra (2014) and the Questionnaire of Manifest Anxiety in Children (CMAS-R) in the adapted version to the Peruvian population of Domínguez, Villegas and Padilla (2013) were applied. Among the main results, it was found that there is a relationship between the variables studied; therefore, the greater the addiction to social networks there is greater manifest anxiety. In addition, differences were found between men and women, with women scoring higher on both scales. Also, it was found that the longer the connection to social networks, the greater the addiction to these. / Tesis

Twitter has over 313 million users, with 500 million tweets produced each day. Society’s growing dependence on the internet for self-expression shows no sign of abating. However, recent research warns that social media perpetuates loneliness, caused by reduced face-to-face interaction. My thesis analyzes and demonstrates the important role facial expressions play in a conversation’s progress, impacting how people process and relate to what is being said. My work critically assesses communication problems associated with Twitter. By isolating and documenting expressive facial reactions to a curated selection of tweets, the exhibition creates a commentary on our contemporary digital existence, specifically articulating how use of social media limits basic social interaction.

The diploma thesis is entitled "New Media in Relation to Depressiveness and Suicidality in Adolescents". The theoretical part of the work defines terms related to suicidal behavior and defines adolescence period, further addressses suicidal behavior in adolescents and its epidemiology, risk and protective factors. In the next part, the thesis focuses on adolescent depressiveness and the characteristics of new media. Internet addiction and relationship to depressive symptomatic or suicidal behavior are described in particular. The empirical part of the thesis describes a research project dedicated to examining internet addiction in relation to depressiveness and suicidal risk in late adolescence. The research sample consists of 201 students from various high schools in Prague. Data acquisition methods included the Questionnaire for Determination of Suicide Risk (FBS), the Scale of depressiveness Dolejš, Skopal, Suchá (SDDSS) and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire. The results confirmed that internet addiction is significantly correlated with both depressiveness and suicidal risk. Furthermore, business academy students have been shown to have significantly higher rates of depression than grammar school students. Significant gender difference was shown in the suicidal risk rate which was...

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Psychology

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The present study aimed to explore the relationship between two external contingencies of self-worth (CSWs) in relation to Internet addiction among adolescents in Hong Kong. Based on past studies which indicated that external CSWs are vulnerable to threat, heighten perception of future interpersonal threat, and result in self-regulation problems, it was hypothesized that social competence and other approval CSW would be positively related to Internet addiction, and that this relationship would be mediated by perceived interpersonal threat. In addition, it was predicted that differences would be found in adolescents with high and low levels of perceived social competence. 804 local adolescents aged 11 to 19 participated in the study. Results of analyses supported the relationship between social competence and other approval CSWs and Internet addiction, which was mediated by perceived interpersonal threat. Perceived social competence was found to buffer the impact of perceived threat for individuals with social competence CSW. Findings are discussed within a cognitive-behavioral framework and potential clinical implications are suggested. / published_or_final_version / Clinical Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

The Internet has become an important part of many people’s lives across the world since its first launching in 1960s. In spite of its many beneficial roles for various new applications and services, the emergence of the Internet also has created a new problem called "problematic Internet use" or "Internet addiction," in which individuals experience interpersonal, school, or work-related problems due to excessive use of the Internet. However, since problematic Internet use is a relatively new phenomenon, research in this field has produced as yet a limited number of research studies. This study reviews available research related to defining, assessing, and measuring the problematic Internet use of college students, and examines characteristics related to Internet use for this population. This study utilizes a web-based survey with a randomly selected sample of registered undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (Young, 1998) and the Online Cognition Scale (OCS) (Davis, 2002) were employed to measure aspects of problematic Internet use. Result scores of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) showed that only 0.8 percent of the respondents were diagnosed as Internet users with significant problems, whereas 28.0 percent were classified with frequent problems. Consolidation of the percentage of respondents with the frequent problems and the significant problems resulted in a total of 28.8 percent presenting with problematic Internet use. A gender difference with regard to problematic Internet use was evident, with male students scoring higher on both the Internet Addiction Test and the Online Cognition Scale. Time spent online for non-academic purpose was positively correlated with problematic Internet use, whereas both age and GPA were negatively correlated with problematic Internet use. The hard science students were more likely to be problematic Internet users than soft science and fine arts students while freshmen students were more vulnerable to problematic Internet use than graduate students. Overall, the findings of this study support previous research except for Internet applications and services used by college students. The percentage of online chatting users has dramatically jumped from mere 9.1% (Scherer, 1997) to 56.4%. In contrast to this jump, the percentage of Usenet service use has decreased from 36.9% (Scherer, 1997) to 11.7%. Relatively new services such as blog/social networking and file sharing, which were not reported in earlier studies conducted by Scherer (1997) and Young (1996, 1998), have become increasingly popular. It seems that, as network technology is evolving and more services have become available, the trend of Internet use is also changing. / text

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T13:16:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2109806 bytes, checksum: 5e423875e568b2cd0115309085975464 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The internet addition can be defined as the behaviors and cognitions associated with Internet use that result in negative consequences for personal and professional lives of their users. This project aimed to verify the meanings of Internet addiction to regular users, and to establish a correlation between the Internet addiction, the self-perception as a dependent, and the life quality of users. Thus, this research attempts to answer three questions: What are the meanings attributed to the Internet addiction? Users considered dependent perceive themselves in such a way? And finally, will this addiction affect the life quality of individuals considered dependents? To meet the goals set in this research, was used the following method: Sample participated of the study 691 internet users who access often less than 1 hour per day, and use the internet for at least one year. The average age was 26.18 years old (SD = 8.67), the average income was R $ 4,247.63 (SD = 3556.81), the sample comprised 56.6% of male participants. Instrument - questionnaire divided into five parts: 1) Meaning of Internet addiction - it was requested to answer the following question: "In your opinion what does Internet addiction mean?". 2) Sociodemographic data and characteristics of the internet using. 3) Evaluation of self-perception as a dependent - It consisted of a specified scale ranging from 0 (not considered addicted) to 10 (it is considered totally addicted). 4) Evaluation of the level of dependence on the internet - we used the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). 5) Life Quality Evaluation - use of the Brazilian version of the life quality WHOQOL-bref. The results indicated that participants noticed the Internet in five categories: loss of control of the connection time, implication for ordinary practices, the exchange of real life for virtual life, the need of integration with the world, and Internet addiction as a pathology. Besides assigning meanings that enhanced the negative characteristics of addiction, most of the subjects reported having Internet addiction. Both, addiction score and self-perception affected negatively the scores of life quality. / A adição à internet pode ser definida como comportamentos e cognições associados com o uso da internet que resultam em conseqüências negativas na vida pessoal e profissional dos usuários. Foi determinado como objetivo desse trabalho verificar os significados da adição a internet para usuários regulares, bem como estabelecer uma relação entre a adição à internet, a autopercepção como dependente e a qualidade de vida dos usuários. Assim, esta pesquisa tenta responder a três questões: Quais são os significados atribuídos a adição internet? Os usuários considerados dependentes percebem-se de tal maneira? E por fim, será que essa adição afeta a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos considerados dependentes? Para cumprir com os objetivos explicitados, a pesquisa foi delineada com as seguintes características de método: Amostra participaram do estudo 691 usuários da internet que realizavam acesso com a freqüência mínima de uma hora por dia, e que utilizavam a internet a pelo menos um ano. A média de idade foi de 26,18 anos de idade (DP = 8,67), a renda média foi de R$ 4.247,63 (DP =3.556,81), sendo a amostra composta de 56,6% de participantes do sexo masculino. Instrumento foi utilizado um questionário dividido em cinco partes: 1) Significado do vício em internet foi solicitado aos participantes que respondessem a seguinte pergunta: ―Em sua opinião o que significa vício em internet?‖. 2) Dados sociodemográficos e características do uso da internet. 3) Avaliação da autopercepção como dependente constou da indicação em uma escala que variava de 0 (não se considera viciado) a 10 (se considera totalmente viciado). 4) Avaliação do nível de dependência da internet foi utilizado o Internet Addiction Test (IAT). 5) Avaliação da Qualidade de vida - utilização da versão brasileira da escala de qualidade de vida WHOQOL-bref. Os resultados indicaram que os participantes significam a internet em cinco grandes categorias: perda do controle do tempo de conexão, comprometimento das práticas cotidianas, troca da vida real pela vida virtual, necessidade de integração com o mundo, e vício em internet como uma patologia. Além de atribuírem significados que ressaltavam características negativas do vício, boa parte dos sujeitos indicaram possuir vício em internet e tanto o escore do vício quanto a autopercepção do vício afetaram negativamente os escores de qualidade de vida.