Facebook addiction and satisfaction with relationship status

Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between Facebook addiction and satisfaction with the relationship status. Material and methods The online study involved 105 participants between the age of 18-36 (M = 24.31, SD =3.35), including 63 women and 42 men. The participants completed the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS; Andreassen, Torsheim, Brunborg, Pallesen, 2012) in Polish adaptation by Charzyńska and Góźdź (2014) and the Satisfaction with Relationship Status Scale (ReSta; Lehmann et al., 2015) in Polish adaptation by Adamczyk (2019). Results Correlation analysis was carried out between Facebook addiction and satisfaction with the relationship status. Correlation between variables was statistical significant. Conclusions The findings revealed the existing link between Facebook addiction and status satisfaction. It is need of the future research in this area, among others replication of the study on the bigger respondents group.

Keywords

• facebook
• social media
• satisfaction with relationship status
• facebook addiction
• romantic relationships