94535 20221004075841.0 doi 10.3390/su12135397 sideral 118416 ART-2020-118416 eng Lozano Blasco, Raquel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0100-1449 Social network addiction and its impact on anxiety level among university students 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Despite the obvious favorable effects of social networking sites, there is a risk of developing behavioral addictions. This study aims to analyze addiction to social networks and its relationship with anxiety. A sample (n = 361) of university students (undergraduate, master’s and doctoral) comprising 87.5% women and 12.5% men with a mean age of 32.58 (SD = 12.03) and 32.36 (SD = 10.21),respectively, was included. Addiction to social networks was measured using the Social Network Addiction (SNA) questionnaire and anxiety was measured using Spanish adaptation of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI Test). The regression results show how concurrent moderating variables such as age (adulthood) predispose individuals to addiction in some way (Model 5, explained 13.5%, R2= 0.135, p = 0.040). Similarly, we found that the aspect of addiction that generates anxiety is an obsession with social networks. Anxiety arises as excessive use decreases, similar to abstinence syndrome. It is concluded that the harmlessness of social networks and their inappropriate use can lead to behavioral addiction. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.251 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 124 / 273 = 0.454 2020 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 60 / 125 = 0.48 2020 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 30 / 44 = 0.682 2020 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 6 / 9 = 0.667 2020 Q3 T3 0.611 2020 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2020 Q1 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2020 Q1 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2020 Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2020 Q1 Geography, Planning and Development 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Latorre Cosculluela, Cecilia Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6083-8759 Quílez Robres, Alberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8473-8114 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 4001 625 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. 4001 805 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Teoría e Histª. Educación 12, 13 (2020), 5397 [16 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 451300 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94535/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 462931 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94535/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:94535 articulos driver 2022-10-03-13:39:27 ARTICLE