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
Formáid: artículo original
Stádas:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2017
Cur Síos: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
Institiúid:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Teanga:Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27450
Rochtain Ar Líne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/27450
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Facebook use
adolescents
self-esteem
self-regulation
peers
Facebook
Adolescentes
Autoestima
Autorregulação