Prolonged social media use is not fundamentally problematic in a Hungarian representative study.

ABSTRACT: Excessive time spent using social media is often considered a core characteristic of technology-related addictions; however, there is growing evidence that prolonged use may be only weakly associated with symptoms of problematic use. Studies on the divergent associations of psychological factors with prolonged and problematic social media use are still scarce, particularly in adult, representative samples. Based on self-report data, this study aims to address this gap by investigating possible divergent associations of prolonged and problematic social media use among active and passive use, and indicators of psychological distress in a nationally representative sample of adults. A hybrid data collection procedure was employed, including offline and online panelists. The sample comprised 80

SUBMITTER: Zsila A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12909968 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature