Social Media Addiction in Adolescents: Exploring the Link with Psychoactive Substance Consumption
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Adolescents, social media addiction, psychoactive substances, psychopathology, social integration, behavioral dysfunction, psychological disorder
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Unlock the secrets of social media addiction in adolescents and its link to psychoactive substance consumption. Discover how excessive social network use can lead to psychological disorders and negatively impact social integration. Explore the findings of our exploratory study, which examines the correlation between social media addiction and the use of psychoactive substances among young adolescents. Learn how this addiction can hinder psychosocial skill acquisition and alter development processes. Dive into our research to understand the complex dynamics at play and uncover potential solutions to mitigate the risks associated with social media addiction in adolescents.
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[...] Social Media Addiction in Adolescents - Draft Proposalend> During the period of adolescence, we can most clearly observe upheavals in the physical, psychological, and emotional domains. During this period, the adolescent individual gradually releases himself from his child status in order to obtain that of an adult. These changes, visible between 12 and 13 years old, also influence their attitudes,1. The bodily transformation will significantly influence the adolescent's self-representation as well as how others represent him. This is the ultimate moment to control his own emotions. [...]
[...] How does social media addiction really manifest itself in adolescents? We have observed above that psychoactives have the possibility of normalizing their moods, as they go through a period of changes leading them later to adulthood. Then, excessive consumption of these chemical substances leads to alteration of the development process and hampers the acquisition of psycho-social skills. This observation allows us to formulate the following hypotheses: Young adolescents today are looking for an emotional balance and discovering new sensations through psychoactive substances. [...]
[...] Psychoactives would lead to behavioral dysfunction in adolescents in development and would negatively impact their willingness to social integration. To support our exploration, we have designed auto and hetero-questionnaires based on epidemiological data, in the context of psychoactive substance addiction among young adolescents. The manipulated variables are: . Independent variable: adolescents . Dependent variable: addiction to social networks The statistical test we considered is the inferential statistical test to be able to test the hypotheses formulated above in order to confirm or refute them. [...]
