Project: Cultural and psychological determinates of Facebook use. Cross-cultural comparison

The aim of our project was to determine if the cultural and psychological factors have influence on Facebook use. We tested the relation between the psychological
variables such as personality or self-esteem and cultural variable (independent and interdependent self-construal) and Facebook use.

people:

Poland: Agata Błachnio and Aneta Przepiórka, The Paul John II Catholic University of Lublin

Israel: Menachem Ben-Ezra, Ariel University

China: Anise Wu and Yu Shu, University of Macau

United State: Gwendolyn Seidman, Albright College

Italy: Martina Benvenuti, Davide Dannata and Elvis Mazzoni, University of Bologna

Turkey: Mithat Durak and Emre Senol Durak, Abant İzzet Baysal University

Romania: Camelia Popa, Romanian Academy; Adela Magdalena Ciobanu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “C. Davila” Bucharest

Greece: Michail N. Giannakos and Illias Papas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Ukraine Lubko Sherstyuk

Papers:

Błachnio, A., Przepiórka, A. Benvenuti, M., Cannata, D., Ciobanu, A., Senol-Durak, E., Durak, M., Giannakos, M.,N., Mazzoni, E., Papas, I., Popa, C., Seidman, G., Yu, S., Wu, A. Ben-Ezra, M. (2016). Cultural and Personality Predictors of Facebook Intrusion: A Cross-Cultural Study.Frontiers in Psychology,7   :1895,doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01895 (IF=2,463)

Błachnio, A.,Przepiórka, A. Benvenuti, M., Cannata, D., Ciobanu, A., Senol-Durak, E., Durak, M., Giannakos, M.,N., Mazzoni, E., Papas, I., Popa, C., Seidman, G., Yu, S., Wu, A. Ben-Ezra, M. (2016). An International Perspective on Facebook Intrusion. Psychiatry Research, 242(30), 385–387. (IF2,2467)

Błachnio, A.,Przepiórka, A, Senol-Durak, E, Durak, M. Sherstyuk, L. (2016). The Roles of Self-esteem in Internet Addiction: Comparison between Turkey, Poland, and Ukraine Samples. The European Journal of Psychiatry, 30(2), 149-156. ( IF=0,478 )

Błachnio, A.,Przepiórka, A, Senol-Durak, E, Durak, M. Sherstyuk, L. (2016). The Role of Personality Traits in Facebook and Internet Addictions: A Study on Polish, Turkish, and Ukrainian Samples.  Computers in Human Behavior , 68, 269-275. (IF=2,694)

Błachnio, A.,Przepiórka, A. Benvenuti, M., Cannata, D., Ciobanu, A., Senol-Durak, E., Durak, M., Giannakos, M.,N., Mazzoni, E., Papas, I., Popa, C., Seidman, G., Yu, S., Wu, A. Ben-Ezra, M. (in preparation). Internet addiction and economic indicators.