Dadiotis Anastasios, Bacopoulou Flora, Kokka Ioulia, Vlachakis Dimitrios, Chrousos George P, Darviri Christina, Roussos Petros
Postgraduate Course of Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
EMBnet J. 2021;26. doi: 10.14806/ej.26.1.975. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
Social Networking Sites (SNSs) number at least 3.81 billion users worldwide, while in Greece, 74.7% of internet users resort to SNSs. However, there is no instrument adapted to the Greek language that assesses addiction to SNSs. The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale is a short 6-item questionnaire that assesses social media addiction. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. The sample consisted of 325 University students (mean age 21.6 years, SD=5.26). Confirmatory factor analysis was performed that supported the one-factor model. The reliability of the tool was tested with various indicators and was found to be satisfactory. The regression analysis identified gender, time of SNSs use, number of SNSs held by an individual and stress as statistically significant predictors of SNSs addiction. Positive correlations were found between SNSs addiction and stress, depression, anxiety and loneliness, while negative correlations were observed between SNSs addiction, self-esteem and age. Stress fully mediated the relationship between depression and SNSs addiction. The findings of the present study indicate that the Greek version of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing SNSs addiction. The relationship between SNSs addiction and the biopsychosocial model was confirmed.
社交网站（SNS）在全球拥有至少38.1亿用户，而在希腊，74.7%的互联网用户使用社交网站。然而，目前尚无适用于希腊语的评估社交网站成瘾的工具。卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表是一个简短的包含6个条目的问卷，用于评估社交媒体成瘾情况。本研究旨在评估希腊语版卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表的心理测量学特性。样本包括325名大学生（平均年龄21.6岁，标准差=5.26）。进行了验证性因素分析，结果支持单因素模型。使用各种指标对该工具的信度进行了测试，结果令人满意。回归分析确定性别、社交网站使用时间、个人拥有的社交网站数量和压力是社交网站成瘾具有统计学意义的预测因素。社交网站成瘾与压力、抑郁、焦虑和孤独感之间呈正相关，而社交网站成瘾与自尊和年龄之间呈负相关。压力完全介导了抑郁与社交网站成瘾之间的关系。本研究结果表明，希腊语版卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表是评估社交网站成瘾的有效且可靠的工具。社交网站成瘾与生物心理社会模型之间的关系得到了证实。
