Positive Mental Health as a Predictor of Problematic Internet and Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

C Murray; Marcantonio Spada

doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9908-4

Positive Mental Health as a Predictor of Problematic Internet and Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

C Murray, Marcantonio Spada

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© 2017 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Recent research on Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Facebook Use (PIU and PFU) has focused on the idea that people who engage in PIU or PFU are more likely to present with mental health problems. The goal of the present study was to examine the contribution of positive mental health (PMH) to PIU and PFU among adolescents and young adults. A total of 1927 Italian adolescents and young adults participated in the study. Structural equation modeling showed that PMH is negatively linked to both PIU and PFU, indicating that PMH may be an important antecedent for both PIU and PFU among adolescents and young adults. In conclusion, dimensions of PMH may be taken into account by researchers and educational practitioners in preventing both PIU and PFU.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9908-4
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2017

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1702 Cognitive Science
1701 Psychology
Social Psychology

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Positive Mental Health as a Predictor of Problematic Internet and Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

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