Howard, KristaRoming, Sinjin M.P.Ceballos, Natalie A.Dailey, StephanieGrimes, Tom2019-08-122019-08-122018-02-23Howard, K., Roming, S., Ceballos, N., Dailey, S., & Grimes, T. (2018, February). Social media behaviors and psychosocial predictors of social media addiction. Poster session presented at the Annual Texas State University Health Scholar Showcase, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/8505Social media addiction is an ongoing problem. Maladaptive social and personal factors associated with addiction can include: • Preoccupation with social media; • Withdrawal symptoms; • Replacing important activities (sleep, eating) with social media use; • Escape from problems (poor coping); • Loss of relationships. Prior research has identified several independent factors related to social media addiction: • Desire for belongingness; • Lack of conscientiousness; • High levels of extroversion; • Low self-esteem; • Anxiety; • Depression; • Stress. This study aims to simultaneously evaluate both the social media behaviors and psychosocial factors related to high levels of social media addiction.Image1 page1 file (.pdf)ensocial mediapsychosocial predictorsaddictionCommunication StudiesPoster