Selfie - addiction

Assessing the risk in adolescents

Forner Gros, MJ. MSc Nursing 2014

Introduction• Internet as a part of our daily lives

• Helpful tool for :• searching information• academic and professional activities• wide cloud for social relationships

• Internet – use & abuse

• Adolescents: •physical changes – mental and emotional immaturity• social networks – easy social connections

• Facebook: most used site on Internet by adolescents

New New adolescents‘ needs adolescents‘ needs

Wi-FiSocial Networks

Click Like Click Dislike

Selfie addiction Selfie addiction

• Narcissism “Selfie”• Anxiety• Deterioration family & social life

Methods - ParticipantsMethods - Participants

Bolles St. Agueda

South B.Lamar

• 331 secondary students195 female (58.92%)136 male (41.08%)

• Facebook users• Ages 15-18: mean age 17• October ´13- ´14

Private Public

Permission: school administrationsPermission: school administrations

Informed Consent: parents / legal tutorsInformed Consent: parents / legal tutors

Ethical approval of UJI CommitteeEthical approval of UJI Committee

Informative session – ConfidentialityInformative session – Confidentiality

Web-based questionnaire Web-based questionnaire

Instruments - Scales : Instruments - Scales : Internet addiction scale IASInternet addiction scale IASLive report in Facebook LRIFLive report in Facebook LRIFFacebook Usage Items FUIFacebook Usage Items FUI

Methods - SettingsMethods - Settings

Qualitative data – NUD*IST by N-VivoQualitative data – NUD*IST by N-Vivo Response rate of 100%Response rate of 100% Statistically significance difference - Statistically significance difference - pp-value: less 0.01 -value: less 0.01

Results & DiscussionResults & Discussion

Socio-demographics n (%) p-value

Gender Male Female

136 (41.08) 195 (58.92)

0.6

Age 15 16 17 18

75 (22.66 ) 75 (22.66)99 (29.91)82 (24.77)

0.2

High school Private Public

200 (60.42)131 (39.58) < 0.01

Family Income Level High Moderate Low

198 (59.82)45 (13.59)88 (26.59)

< 0.01

Results & DiscussionResults & Discussion

Facebook Usage Item (FUI)

Read posting

Comment on posts

Click "Like"

Comment on photos

Post photos

Play games

Join / create groups

Searching new friends

1 21 41 61 81

FemaleMale

Females Posting photosFemales Posting photos

Males Playing gamesMales Playing games

Results & DiscussionResults & Discussion

Internet Addiction Test IATInternet Addiction Test IAT

Cross-reference for problematic use: 40Cross-reference for problematic use: 40

Male Female14

40

66

35%

20%

65%80%

Average Users

Problematic Users

- Female- High income level

LimitationsLimitations

Facebook users Facebook users Sample relatively smallSample relatively small No randomization No randomization Qualitative data – difficult codingQualitative data – difficult coding Exclusion criteria – lack of Facebook account – data lostExclusion criteria – lack of Facebook account – data lost

of other social networksof other social networks

ConclusionsConclusions

Considerations full impact of social networksConsiderations full impact of social networks New cascade of disorders New cascade of disorders Professional intervention School NursesProfessional intervention School Nurses

AgreementsAgreementsLamar H.S.

South Benicasim

Bolles Castellón

St. Águeda H.S.

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