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problematic usage of the internet exist that need public health considerations ( Fineberg et al., 2022 ). One of the potential types of specific Internet-use disorders may be problematic social network use (PSNU), which manifests as strong desires to use
. , Gaskin , J. , Rost , D. H. , & Wang , J. L. ( 2017 ). Psychological resilience can help combat the effect of stress on problematic social networking
GPIUS-2 with the conceptually redundant item pairs merged revealed connections between nodes similar to those observed in the original structure. Discussion Problematic social networking sites use (PSNSU
terminology. Nevertheless, more researchers use the definition of gaming disorder as a basis to describe the problematic use of social networks. We prefer the umbrella term “social-networks-use disorder” or “problematic social-networks use” whereby the focus
, 2019 ), and for some users, it may be hard to disconnect. Between 2015 and 2020, the number of research articles concerning Problematic Social Networking Site Use (PSNSU) increased by over tenfold, with many demonstrating parallels between PSNSU and
diagnosis criteria it might be around 3% ( Lejoyeux, McLoughlin, & Ades, 2000 ), but they also emphasize that this disorder is often unrecognized. Problematic social network use occurred in 3.2% of the present sample, which is in line with a previous
Introduction Recent research argues that social networking sites (SNSs) are potentially addictive and their problematic use (i.e., Problematic Social Network Sites Use, PSNSU) shares core components with substance use disorders (SUDs) and behavioral
end condition in itself ( Rozgonjuk, Elhai, & Hall, 2019a ). On the other hand, the “use disorder” approach may be problematic as well, as smartphone nor problematic social networks use are recognized as disorders in common diagnostic manuals. It is
experiencing negative consequences (basic considerations in Fig. 1 ) have been considered core features of problematic social-networks use ( Andreassen, 2015 ), even though empirical evidence regarding specific features of problematic social-network use is
correlated with IGD tendency. Previous studies also reported that psychological resilience buffered the effect of an individual risk factor (e.g., childhood abuse) on an addictive behavior (e.g., drug use and problematic social networking use; Hou et
