Factors associated with social network addiction in college students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Autor: Basauri Delgado, Miguel Angel
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ulima.edu.pe:article/6189
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/6189
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: addiction to social networks; associated factors; university; systematic review; meta-analysis; adicción a redes sociales; factores asociados; universitarios; revisión sistemática; metaanálisis

Addiction to social networks has increased throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, especially within the university context, due to its continuous use for socialization, entertainment, education, and work. The study aimed to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the factors associated with addiction to social networks in university students. A search in the Scielo, Eric, PubMed, and Science Direct databases found 31 articles that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and analyzed a total sample of 13 028 university students. The articles presented 91 variables associated with addiction to social networks; these were grouped into nine categories to perform the meta-analysis, which revealed six categories with a direct relationship (online factors = .41, cognitive factors = .41, negative symptomatology = .30, addiction and cell phone use = .29, network use = .21, social factors = .29), one with an inverse relationship (positive emotions = -.14) and two that do not have significant values (academic factors = .01 and personal skills = .06). The study concludes that there is a stronger relationship between online factors and cognitive factors with addiction to social networks.