Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain.
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy.
Addict Behav. 2019 Aug;95:226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.05.009. Epub 2019 May 11.
Facebook Addiction (FA) is a problem that concerns minors all over the world. The attachment bond with peers and parents has been proven to be a risk factor for the onset of FA. However, the family and peer group can have a different importance depending on the developmental period of the minor. This study examined the influence of peer and parental attachment on the symptoms of FA in early adolescents and adolescents to verify whether attachment to peers and parents predicts FA symptoms in both categories respectively. The sample was composed of 598 participants (142 early adolescents) between the ages of 11 and 17 years (M age = 14.82, SD = 1.52) recruited in the school setting. Multivariate multiple regressions were performed. For early adolescents the relationships with their parents influenced the levels of FA the most (such as withdrawal, conflict, and relapse), whereas peer relationships (such as, peer alienation) were the most relevant for adolescents. Our study provides support to the role of attachment to peers and parents as a risk factor for symptoms of FA. In line with developmental theories, parents and peers acquire a different weight in predicting the relationship between attachment and FA for early adolescents and adolescents respectively. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed.
Facebook 成瘾（FA）是一个困扰全世界未成年人的问题。与同伴和父母的依恋关系已被证明是 FA 发病的一个风险因素。然而，家庭和同伴群体的重要性可能因未成年人的发展阶段而异。本研究调查了同伴和父母依恋对青少年早期和青少年 FA 症状的影响，以验证同伴和父母依恋是否分别预测这两个群体的 FA 症状。该样本由 598 名参与者（142 名青少年早期）组成，年龄在 11 至 17 岁之间（M age=14.82，SD=1.52），在学校环境中招募。进行了多元多重回归。对于青少年早期，他们与父母的关系对 FA 水平的影响最大（例如，退出、冲突和复发），而同伴关系（例如，同伴疏远）对青少年的影响最大。我们的研究支持了同伴和父母依恋作为 FA 症状的风险因素的作用。与发展理论一致，父母和同伴在预测依恋与 FA 之间的关系方面对青少年早期和青少年分别具有不同的重要性。讨论了临床意义和未来的研究方向。
