Publication: ¿Las motivaciones sociales predicen la adicción a las redes sociales en los jóvenes? El papel del flujo y la conciencia algorítmica
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2025
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Wang, Xin ; Guo, Yin
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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El uso adictivo de las redes sociales se ha convertido en un fenómeno cada vez más relevante entre los jóvenes, afectando tanto a su bienestar psicológico como a su comportamiento online. El objetivo principal de este estudio es investigar las asociaciones entre el uso adictivo de las redes sociales, las motivaciones de uso, el flujo y el conocimiento de los algoritmos. Nuestra hipótesis es que la experiencia de flujo y la conciencia del algoritmo son dos mediadores a través de los cuales motivaciones sociales relevantes influyen en el desarrollo de una adicción a las redes sociales. Se utilizan cuestionarios validados para medir las variables del estudio, incluido el BSMAS para evaluar la adicción a las redes sociales. El modelado de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) con pruebas Bootstrap se utiliza para analizar los datos recopilados de una muestra de 580 usuarios más jóvenes de entre 18 y 22 años en China (M= 20.61, SD= 1.32), con un 47.7% de mujeres y un 52.2% d
Addictive use of social media has become an increasingly rele-vant phenomenon among young people, affecting both their psychological well-being and their online behavior. The principal objective of this study is to investigate the associations between addictive use of social media, us-age motivations, flow, and algorithm awareness. Our hypothesis is that the flow experience and the algorithm awareness are two mediators through which relevant social motivations influence the development of an addiction to social media. Validated questionnaires are used to measure the study variables, including the BSMAS to assess social media addiction. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Bootstrap tests is used for analyzing data that is collected from a sample of 580 younger users aged 18 to 22 in China (M= 20.61, SD= 1.32), with 47.7% women and 52.2% men, all undergraduate students, in order to test the research hypotheses. The results reveal that different addiction mechanisms implicate different associations with socially relevant motivations. It advances the field of addic-tion to social media by showing that addiction is also related to algorithm awareness, through which a new alternative mechanism of addiction is identified.
Addictive use of social media has become an increasingly rele-vant phenomenon among young people, affecting both their psychological well-being and their online behavior. The principal objective of this study is to investigate the associations between addictive use of social media, us-age motivations, flow, and algorithm awareness. Our hypothesis is that the flow experience and the algorithm awareness are two mediators through which relevant social motivations influence the development of an addiction to social media. Validated questionnaires are used to measure the study variables, including the BSMAS to assess social media addiction. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Bootstrap tests is used for analyzing data that is collected from a sample of 580 younger users aged 18 to 22 in China (M= 20.61, SD= 1.32), with 47.7% women and 52.2% men, all undergraduate students, in order to test the research hypotheses. The results reveal that different addiction mechanisms implicate different associations with socially relevant motivations. It advances the field of addic-tion to social media by showing that addiction is also related to algorithm awareness, through which a new alternative mechanism of addiction is identified.
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