An international perspective on Facebook intrusion

Agata Błachnio, Aneta Przepiorka, Martina Benvenuti, Davide Cannata, Adela Magdalena Ciobanu, Emre Senol-Durak, Mithat Durak, Michail N. Giannakos, Elvis Mazzoni, Ilias O. Pappas, Camelia Popa, Gwendolyn Seidman, Shu Yu, Anise M.S. Wu, Menachem Ben-Ezra

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Abstract

Facebook has become one of the most popular social networking websites in the world. The main aim of the study was to present an international comparison of Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration while examining possible gender differences. The study consisted of 2589 participants from eight countries: China, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turkey, USA. Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration were taken into consideration. In this study the relationship between Facebook intrusion and Internet penetration was demonstrated. Facebook intrusion was slightly negatively related to Internet penetration in each country.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-387
Number of pages3
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume242
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Aug 2016

Keywords

  • Cross-cultural differences
  • Facebook intrusion
  • Internet penetration

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