Relationship of Assertive Behaviors and Social Media Addiction among Adolescents

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10.2991/acpch-18.2019.28How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Assertive behavior, social media addiction, adolescents

Abstract

Social media addiction is increasingly prevalent, especially among adolescents. There are many factors that make adolescents addicted to social media. Adolescents who are less assertive are more susceptible to using social media as an alternative to express their feelings or just communicate with others. This present study examined the relationship between assertive behaviors with social media addiction in adolescents. Participants (N=100) adolescents completed a measure of assertive behavior and social media addiction behavior. Data analysis technique was conducted by means of SPSS 21 correlation test. The results of this study show that there is a relationship between assertive behavior and social media addiction in adolescents (r = .01 p < .05).

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Hani Khairunnisa
AU  - Ade Ayu Harisdiane Putri
PY  - 2019/03
DA  - 2019/03
TI  - Relationship of Assertive Behaviors and Social Media Addiction among Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 112
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/acpch-18.2019.28
DO  - 10.2991/acpch-18.2019.28
ID  - Khairunnisa2019/03
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