Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shreenath, T.R.; Varghese, K.J. Title A name given to the resource Social Media Addiction and ParentPeer Attachment in Telangana Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Investigation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2025 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry;Volume;41;Issue;4;pp.396-401 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_244_24" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_244_24</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105026477060?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105026477060?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Shreenath T.R., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Varghese K.J., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India Description An account of the resource Background: The ubiquity of social media in contemporary life has raised concerns about its potential negative impacts, particularly among adolescents. While the impact of attachment on adolescents social media use has been studied in Western and South Asian contexts, there is a paucity of research on this relationship in the Indian context. Aims: This study aimed to find the relationship between sociodemographic factors, attachment to parents and peers, and social media addiction among adolescents in Telangana, India. Methods: A random cluster sampling method was used to survey 264 6th to 12th grade students in two schools. Data was collected using the Parent and Peer Attachment Inventory and the Social Media Disorder Scale. Chi-square analysis, Pearsons correlation, and multiple regression analysis were done to achieve the research objective. Results: The study found no association between sociodemographic factors (age, gender, socioeconomic status, family type, and number of siblings) and social media addiction. However, significant negative correlations were found between social media addiction and dimensions of attachment to parents and peers, except for communication with friends. Multiple regression revealed that attachment dimensions explained 15.7% of the total variance. The variables, Trust in the father and Alienation from the mother independently and significantly predicted social media addiction. Conclusion: The findings underscore the importance of attachment relationships in understanding social media addiction among Indian adolescents. The results reveal that fathers and mothers attachments to adolescents predict adolescent social media addiction differentially. Further research, especially longitudinal studies, is needed to explore these relationships in greater depth. 2025 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. Subject The topic of the resource Adolescent addiction; attachment; behavioral addiction; parents and peer attachment; social media addiction Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Relation A related resource ISSN: 9719962; CODEN: ISPSE Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online