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Prevalence of Facebook Addiction in a Teenage Population: About 110 Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

N. Faouel ,
R. Ben Soussia ,
M. Gharbi ,
M. Kacem ,
A. Haj Mohamed ,
W. Bouali  and
L. Zarrouk
N. Faouel*
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Department Of Psychiatry Mahdia, Mahdia, Tunisia
R. Ben Soussia
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Epartment Of Psychiatry Mahdia, Mahdia, Tunisia
M. Gharbi
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Department Of Psychiatry Mahdia, Mahdia, Tunisia
M. Kacem
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Department Of Psychiatry Mahdia, Mahdia, Tunisia hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Epartment Of Psychiatry Mahdia, monastir, Tunisia
A. Haj Mohamed
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Department Of Psychiatry Mahdia, monastir, Tunisia
W. Bouali
Affiliation:
hospital Tahar sfar Mahdia, Department Of Psychiatry Mahdia, Mahdia, Tunisia
L. Zarrouk
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Tunisia., Psychiatry, mahdia, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Facebook use among Teenagers has become a very common phenomenon. Its use can resuly in Facebook addiction .

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence of problematic Facebook use among a sample of school-going adolescents.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out among 110 school-going adolescenthe at 2 state colleges in Sidi Bouzid. We used a pre-established self-questionnaire containing 2 parts: a part exploring the socio-demographic data of the adolescent and a psychometric part: Bergen Facebook addiction Scale.

Results

Study participants had a mean age of 14.4 years with extremes of 12 to 17 years. The sex ratio (M / F) (46/64) of the participants was 0.71.In our population, 13 students (11.8%) were smokers. Two students (1.8%) consumed alcohol. Cannabis use was noted in only one student.The majority of students (102), or 92.7%, had been online for more than a year.The daily Facebook connection time was more than 4 hours for 20.9%. Boredom was the number one reason for logging into Facebook for 82 students (74.5%) followed by curiosity for 45 students (40.9%). Fifteen students (13.6%) were addicted to Facebook (score> 10 on the Bergen Addiction Scale.

Conclusions

Facebook can be a useful and interesting tool to maintain and develop a network of relationships and create new ones. Its problematic use or addiction to Facebook has become a new scourge of public health. Faced with the negative impact of this addiction, It would be necessary to rationalize this use.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

TunisiaAddictionteenagersFacebook
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S821
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