IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/cysrev/v89y2018icp165-170.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The interplay between ADHD symptoms and time perspective in addictive social media use: A study on adolescent Facebook users

Author

Listed:
  • Settanni, Michele
  • Marengo, Davide
  • Fabris, Matteo Angelo
  • Longobardi, Claudio

Abstract

Literature suggests that ADHD symptoms and time perspective (TP) are factors in promoting the addictive use of social media among adult users, which in turn can impair various areas of individual personal life including work, academic productivity, and mental health. The present study investigates the interplay between ADHD symptoms and TP in promoting addictive Facebook use in a sample of adolescent Facebook users (N = 283, 49.8% female, mean age = 15.28, SD = 1.33). Participants completed the Italian versions of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire – ADHD subscale, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), and the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Results of regression analyses showed that ADHD symptoms positively predicted addictive Facebook use, past negative and present fatalistic orientation, and negatively predicted future orientation. Further, past negative and present fatalistic TP orientations acted as mediators of the relationship between ADHD symptoms and addictive Facebook use: ADHD symptoms favor an increase in problematic use of social media, and this effect appears to be linked to a worsening in the perception of past and present experiences. Knowledge of this mechanism could be useful for psychologists and psychiatrists in the stages of assessment, and psychological or psychotherapeutic intervention.

Suggested Citation

  • Settanni, Michele & Marengo, Davide & Fabris, Matteo Angelo & Longobardi, Claudio, 2018. "The interplay between ADHD symptoms and time perspective in addictive social media use: A study on adolescent Facebook users," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 165-170.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:89:y:2018:i:c:p:165-170
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.031
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740917310083
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.031?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Fiorenzo Laghi & Maria D’Alessio & Susanna Pallini & Roberto Baiocco, 2009. "Attachment Representations and Time Perspective in Adolescence," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 90(2), pages 181-194, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Raquel Lozano Blasco & Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela & Alberto Quílez Robres, 2020. "Social Network Addiction and Its Impact on Anxiety Level among University Students," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-16, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Fotios Anagnostopoulos & Fay Griva, 2012. "Exploring Time Perspective in Greek Young Adults: Validation of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory and Relationships with Mental Health Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 106(1), pages 41-59, March.
    2. Maria C. Gugliandolo & Sebastiano Costa & Mariagrazia Lo Cricchio & Francesca Liga, 2021. "Exploring the Role of Time Perspective in Emerging Adult Couples: A Mediation Model," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 3221-3239, October.
    3. Kristin Anderson Moore & Laura H. Lippman & Hugh McIntosh, 2009. "Positive Indicators of Child Well-being: A conceptual framework, measures and methodological issues," Papers inwopa580, Innocenti Working Papers.
    4. Laghi, Fiorenzo & Baiocco, Roberto & Liga, Francesca & Guarino, Angela & Baumgartner, Emma, 2013. "Identity status differences among Italian adolescents: Associations with time perspective," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 482-487.
    5. Susanna Pallini & Michela Milioni & Fiorenzo Laghi & Giovanni Maria Vecchio, 2018. "The Ant and the Grasshopper: Adolescents’ Time Perspective, Satisfaction with Life and the Mediating Role of Hope," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 351-364, February.
    6. Agnieszka Lasota & Justyna Mróz, 2021. "Positive Psychology in Times of Pandemic—Time Perspective as a Moderator of the Relationship between Resilience and Meaning in Life," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-13, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:89:y:2018:i:c:p:165-170. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.