Predictors of Facebook use among Portuguese adolescents: Contributes of an exploratory study

 

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Autores: Dias, Paulo César, Garcia del Castillo, José António, Garcia del Castillo-López, Álvaro
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2017
Descripción:The widespread use of social networks has brought opportunities and constraints at the same time, evenfaster than research and knowledge on this topic. In this paper, we intend to explore the role of personal and psychosocial variables in Facebook use, considering a set of self-report questionnaires to a sample of 386 Portuguese adolescents. We found gender differences in social network use, a positive relationship with age, self-regulation and self-esteem, with peer interaction with offline contacts as the strongest predictor for social network use. These data suggest the role of this application as a mean to maintain contact with peers.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27450
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/27450
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Palabra clave:Facebook use
adolescents
self-esteem
self-regulation
peers
Facebook
Adolescentes
Autoestima
Autorregulação