A Study on Social Media Addiction: The Roles of Personality, Internet Use, and Platform Preference.
Aim: This study aimed to determine the relative contributions of personality traits, internet addiction, and social media platform preferences to social media addiction, within the framework of the big five personality model. Material and Methods: Data were collected from 335 participants via an onl...
| Publicado en: | Duzce Medical Journal Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 28 - 35 |
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Duzce University Medical School
Apr2026
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