RT Generic
T1 Dataset_PSMU_EI_gender.
A1 Arrivillaga, Christiane
A1 Rey-Peña, Lourdes
A1 Extremera-Pacheco, Natalio
K1 Adolescentes - Psicología
K1 Redes sociales en internet - Aspectos psicológicos
AB The excessive usage of social networking sites might affect adolescents’ well-being. Recent studies have found significant associations between problematic social media use (PSMU) and psychological maladjustment. The present study aimed at analyzing gender differences in the percentages of high-risk PSMU and to investigate the relations with the emotional intelligence (EI) of adolescents. The sample was composed of 597 adolescents (58.8 % girls, 45.2 % boys) within the ages of 12 and 19. Participants completed self-report questionnaires of EI (WLEIS) and PSMU (BSMAS). Results indicate that girls had higher high-risk percentages of PSMU (17.7 %) than boys (13.4 %). Furthermore, boys had higher levels of self-emotion appraisal, regulation of emotions and global EI, while girls had higher levels of other-emotion appraisal. Nonetheless, when correlational analyses were divided by gender, only in girls there was a significant and negative association between PSMU and self-emotion appraisal, use of emotions, regulation of emotions and global EI. Results indicate that the higher risk of PSMU found in girls could be related to their lower levels of self-emotion appraisal, regulation of emotions and global EI. The findings highlight the importance of designing gender sensitive PSMU prevention strategies.
PB Universidad de Málaga
YR 2024
FD 2024-02-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30608
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30608
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga (PPIT.UMA.A2.2019)Grupo PAIDI Applied Positive Lab CTS-1048 (Junta de Andalucía)Proyecto I+D+i del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (PID2020-117006RB-I00)Fondos FEDER/Junta de Andalucía (UMA 18-FEDERJA-147)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026